The day he resolved to follow this order, he was appointed Director of Public Information at Nowgong. His daughter was over seven years old, and according to the order, every person was not to touch anyone of the opposite sex over age seven. Thus the new appointment proved to be a blessing for Keshav Nigam, since he would be away from his family and there would be no occasion for him to be in their company. The new job solved his problem by separating him from his family.
Babadas had visited Hamirpur during July and had informed the following people about Baba: Bhavani Shital Prasad Nigam and an advocate, Raisaheb Ramashankar Amist, of Hamirpur; Gaya Prasad Khare of Rath; Babu Ramprasad of Nauranga; Vishnu Sharma and Virendra Singh of Dhagwan; Laxmichand Paliwal and Bindra Prasad Nigam of Ingohta and others. Sripat Sahai of Hamirpur had already met Baba and was telling people about him. People in these areas were eagerly looking forward to Baba's darshan, but Baba had not yet given them the opportunity.
One man who had learned of Baba, however, was not anxious for his darshan. His name was Parmeshwari Dayal Nigam, 30 — known later as Pukar — a leading figure of the Communist Party of India. He was the joint-editor along with Keshav of a weekly Hindi political newsletter titled Pukar (The Call), and was actively writing articles against Meher Baba in hopes of discrediting him as a fraud or hypocrite. But as events unfolded, Pukar and Keshav Nigam underwent an inner transformation and became solely dedicated to Baba's cause in a few years' time.
During May and June 1948, although Baba had virtually stopped giving darshan, he did meet with certain people. Devotees from Bombay, Poona and Surat came to see him, and his Ahmednagar lovers also had an occasional chance of having interviews. Daulat Singh, with his son, Upkar, came from Indore, and Baba happily met both.
Ghani and his son Hamid saw Baba on 18 June 1948. One day while sitting in the Ice Factory Bungalow with the mandali, Baba appeared in a good mood. Ghani would never miss the chance of availing himself of such moods, and would lightly complain about something so that Baba would reveal some explanation about the inner path or God.