Braja Needs You

I was contacted by a number of Braja's friends with the following information. Please know that this is not a joke...

Two different accounts, same heartbreaking story.

Dear friends of Braja, my name is Paul (Prananatha das) and I'm a close friend of Braja's from NZ. I'm currently staying in Mayapur. It is with great sadness that I must inform you all that Braja & herhusband Jahnu had a serious car accident on the way to the airport.

This is NOT a joke. Their taxi collided head on with a truck at highspeed at aprox 6am yesterday morning. She and Jahnu are in the ICU at Kolkata Apollo Hospital.

Braja has suffered a broken arm, facial injuries and possible hip injuries. She had plastic surgery on her face yesterday. She is conscious.

Jahnu has suffered broken ribs, punctured lungs, punctured liver, broken legs and arms and has a fractured skull. He has not regained consciousness since the accident.

He has a 60%chance of survival.

We all devotees here in Mayapur are very shocked and saddened by this event. We are praying for their swift and complete recovery and ask with folded palms that you all will add them to your prayers.

I am here in Mayapur till Sunday 15th March and will followthis blog as much as possible and send through information as it comes to hand.

Yours in service to Lord Krsna and His devotees, Prananathadas, Sri Dham Mayapur.

LadyFi has more info, too.... http://ladyfi.wordpress.com/



This is Ramadevi, Braja's friend in Mayapur. I'm sorry but I have some really bad news.

Braja and her husband were in a nasty car accident on their way in to the airport yesterday morning. They were in a head-on collision with a truck - the driver of the taxi fell asleep.

Braja is pretty much okay. She has very bad facial lacerations which were repaired by the plastic surgeon last night. Her left wrist is broken and today they discovered she may have a slightly punctured lung. I was with her in the hospital since yesterday and, as I was leaving today, they were taking her for a CT scan to look at her lungs and put in a chest drain. Her face looks terrible but you should see the truck!! (Irreverent I know but it made her laugh!) She will most likely have a scar that would put Harry Potter's in the shade! But otherwise she is well and lucid and likely to be discharged within 7-10 days.

Her husband's condition is more critical. He has two punctured lungs from several broken ribs, two broken arms, a completely smashed jaw, fractured skull and a small amount of bleeding into the brain. They are not so worried about the brain bleed as it is small. His main problem is his lungs. However, since they got him from the local village hospital near the accident to a good hospital with proper ICU facility his condition improved rapidly. He is under heavy sedation but today the doctors were so satisfiedby his condition that they decided to take him to theatre to repair his jaw and arms. He will be on a ventilator probably for some weeks. They say he has a very good chance of a slow but successful recovery as long as he doesn't get any infection.

I actually tried sending this many times yesterday before I went to the hospital but our beloved Indian internet was not cooperating!

Please, can you inform all of Braja's blogging friends and ask them, in their own way, to pray for Braja and her husband. We have devotees from all over the world praying for them and sending messages but there can never be too many prayers.

If anybody wants to send a message they can send it to me (Ramadevi.ACBSP@pamho.net) and I'll read them all to her. If anybody wants to phone my number is 00 91 9932 836 258. I'm going back to Calcutta tomorrow and will stay a few days. Once she is out of ICU she will be able to have her phone with her. In the meantime, I'll pass on any messages.

I have tried to post on Braja's post, having her sign in and her password, but there's something wrong with it and I can't get on.