Testimonial letter from Navin S. Pardanani

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This letter is one of a remarkable series of over 2650 letters amassed in 1983 to support Osho's attempt to get permanent resident status in the US at the time of the Oregon ranch. The image is reproduced here with the kind permission of The Oregon Historical Society. Information about their collection of these letters and other supporting material -- the "Jeffrey Noles Rajneesh Collection", named for Osho's immigration lawyer Jeffrey Noles, who compiled them in 1983 and donated them to the OHS -- can be found at this page. The wiki is grateful to the OHS for making access available for these documents. For more information and links to all the letters, see Testimonial letters.

This letter is from Navin S. Pardanani MD. It is "Exhibit A-285" in the Noles collection.

The text version below has been created by optical character recognition (OCR), from the images supplied by OHS. It has not been checked for errors but this process usually results in over 99% correct transcription. Most apparent "errors" are correct transcriptions of typos already in the original. The image on the right in the text box links to a pdf file of the original letter, it has one page.

NAVIN S. PARDANANI, M.D.
2493 McGovern Drive
Schenectady, New York 12309
(518) 372-7104
July 18, 1983

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

It gives me great pleasure to write about Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh.

I am a physician, specializing in obstetrics and gynaecology, and in practice for the last 8 years.

I consider Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh as a man with exceptional qualities. His broad knowledge and understanding of human psychology is really exceptional. His deep insight into the dynamics of the human mind is unparalleled. He has helped, and is still helping, thousands of people to come out of their neuroses. He is internationally recognized for his work. His presence in any country would be a great asset to that particular country, and to the world.

[signed]
Navin S. Pardanani
M.D., F.A.C.O.G.


(Please note: We assume that the above letter is still copyrighted, but we regard its historical interest to constitute a Fair Use exception for publication in this wiki.)