I only hoped I could control them before the others opened their eyes, but was not in the slightest degree aware of the depths within me which Baba was thawing.
That night Baba went to Henry Miller's Theatre where he saw a new comedy, Good Fairy (a take-off on the Cinderella story) starring Helen Hayes and Walter Connolly.
Troubling news came from India while Baba was staying at the Astor that K. J. Dastur had begun publishing articles against Baba.
When Baba was informed of Dastur's antagonistic attitude, he laughingly replied to Chanji, "Dastur is very good, but he acts like a spoiled child. It was he who used to call me Divine Majesty. If he has now turned against me, what does it matter? Jesus' work was done by Judas — so is Dastur our friend. Just as Judas could not understand, in spite of being with Christ for several years, so has Dastur, despite years of contact with me, been unable to grasp the secret of this line [path]."
On Friday, 27 November 1931, Chanji wrote this letter to the mandali in Nasik:
It is with extreme regret that we came to know about brother Dastur's anti-propaganda at your end. Shri Baba knew it all the while, hence he felt the least concerned, even when it really did happen. As far as he is concerned, for whatever a thousand Dasturs or others may write or speak, it will not alter his being what he is. But he felt some concern for others — those poor, ignorant souls who would be misguided by such silly talks and writings, and who would suffer one way or the other.
But even then, he went on with his work, Master that he is, fully confident in bringing all those misguided sheep of the flock back again to his fold in time. He has nothing but compassion for all, especially those being misguided and suffering one way or the other.
It is really a pity that while Shri Baba has been working here in the West with wonderful success, influencing all who come around him, his own people in India are trying to throw mud at the Sun. Of course, a thousand Dasturs won't be able to efface the influence created by Baba; but this childish mischief simply adds to the terrible pressure and burden of work that he has to do — and that is why we feel bad about it. Otherwise, it is simply trivial, foolish and childish.