He contacted Pilamai, and asked her to promise to inform him as soon as Meher Baba was in the area. Weeping, he narrated his many years of searching and his recent experience at Meherabad.
Learning that Baba was in the vicinity, Daulat Singh came to Dehra Dun from Kashmir for Baba's darshan on the evening of 29 April 1941. It was summer in India, but Daulat Singh had been so restless to see Baba, he had come straight through on the train, 850 miles from Srinagar, fainting twice in the terrific heat. Nilu tried to calm him, talking to him at length, and explaining that during Baba's seclusion he was seeing no one. But Daulat Singh would not listen and said, "If I don't get darshan, I will die!"
Nilu informed Baba, and Baba permitted Daulat Singh to see him from a distance, specifying that he should not bow down to him or pay his respects, in any way. Placing six oranges on the floor, Daulat Singh said, "I have nothing more to offer you."
From afar, Baba sent him word, "You don't know what you have given me! Whatever you have given is too much! Depart happily, and don't look back!"
Daulat Singh obeyed and left after talking with Norina for an hour. "In those few moments," Age declared, "the doctor received that 'brand' of Wine which kept him intoxicated his entire life long!"
During this period, Kaikobad (Keki) Rustom Nalavala, 32, also came for darshan for the first time. But because of Baba's seclusion, he, too, was allowed to see Baba only from a distance. Baba was in his room, and when Keki stood outside to greet him, he could only see Baba's feet and nothing else. He left bitterly disappointed. But his disappointment brought him Baba's constant remembrance, which, in turn, brought him closer to the Master. He thought Baba would surely call him one day during his Dehra Dun stay, but Baba did not. Yet, by keeping Keki at a physical distance, Baba drew him inwardly nearer.
In the hot summertime, no decent fresh vegetables were available in the market, and Rano would complain about this to Vishnu, who did the marketing. Once Vishnu brought dried peas. Taking out the peas, Rano put them in a bottle and labeled it: "For stomachache, take one tablet every hour." When Vishnu asked her for the women's shopping list the next day, Rano handed him the bottle.