For an entire generation, Vaishnavi Macdonald will always be Geeta Vishwas, the fearless journalist from Shaktimaan, one of Indian television’s most iconic shows that aired between 1997 and 2005. But long before she became a familiar face on television, Vaishnavi lived a life defined by struggling childhood, supernatural experiences, and a strong commitment to her personal boundaries. Due to the volatile “ego hassles” between her parents, Vaishnavi’s early education was a casualty of their war. “We used to live in hotels because of fights between mom and dad,” she told Siddharth Kanan. “We’d move from one hotel to another. How could I go to school?” Despite missing six years of formal schooling between the 4th and 10th grades, Vaishnavi was sharp academically. “I was very good academically; I wanted to be a scientist, not an actor,” she says. Father’s disappearance and mother’s desperation But fate had other plans. Just when the family moved into a rented outhouse in Hyderabad and life seemed to be settling into some stability, her father disappeared without any explanation. “At …