The Satha family, at Akbar Press, had been informed beforehand that Gaimai's sister, Shirin Damania, and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Meheru, should be on the railway station to meet the group with lunch for all. But Baba ordered that no one else from the Satha family be present.
It had been almost two years since Baba had been available to his lovers, and they thirsted for sight of him, and for his guidance and personal advice. Baba had previously stated that his present period of seclusion would end with the termination of his Himalayan tour, but he again extended it.
Accordingly, Shirin and Meheru were at the train station, and Baba and the women went to the waiting room, where they sat down for lunch.
Baba turned to Meheru (Damania) and asked, "Have you forgotten anything?"
She immediately remembered she had left vegetables cooking on the stove at Akbar Press. She told Baba, adding frantically, "It must have burnt to a crisp by now!" Baba sent Adi Sr. to bring the vegetables. The gas stove had somehow extinguished itself and the dish was saved.
Baba and the group left Ahmednagar at 2:00 P.M. for Lonavla, arriving later the same day. Sarosh drove Baba and some of the women in his car; Eruch drove the others in a bus, and the other mandali went by train, arriving at midnight. The women stayed in Mr. Dastur's bungalow, called Karanja Bungalow (Quetta House), for a fortnight, and thereafter at Mrs. Deane's house, Prospect Lodge . The men were accommodated in a separate bungalow.
Chanji had met Baba and the group at the Ahmednagar station, and went with them to Lonavla. He had been staying in Bombay, writing Baba's biography in Gujarati with the assistance of Pappa Jessawala. In Lonavla, Baba himself read through the Gujarati manuscript, crossing out certain paragraphs from the material previously printed in the Gujarati newspaper Sanj Vartaman in 1926, which Baba wished omitted from the new book. Chanji returned to Bombay after some days.
On 15 September 1942, Baba ordered all the mandali with him and those at Meherabad, Nasik and elsewhere not to touch any person of the opposite sex over ten years old from that day until 15 February 1943, except in cases of emergencies, accidents or fire.
Jalbhai, Beheram and Adi Jr. arrived from Poona the same day to see Baba. Jalbhai and Beheram left at night, while Adi Jr. and Baba were driven to Poona by Ramjoo the next morning at 9:00 A.M. to see their mother.