Baba left Jalgaon the next morning, 30 June, and went to Kalyan, where he communed with Karak Mastan — so named because he would only mutter the sound " karak, karak " over and over again.
From Kalyan Baba went to Bombay, resting at Arnavaz and Nariman's apartment, Ashiana, before continuing his mast work. On Thursday, 1 July 1948, Baba communed with a salik named Ramdas Khatwala Maharaj . He had been brought to India from Pakistan during Partition by some fleeing Sindhi refugees. Baba also worked with a high mastani, named Marhatan Mai . She was well over 70 years old and for years her abode was under a tree near the Carnac Bridge in Bombay. The day Baba met her it had rained heavily. Baba offered her tea, which she accepted but first poured into an old tin cup which was so dirty that it seemed a home "for all the germs in the world," as Don wrote in The Wayfarers .
In the afternoon Baba was driven to Mahim, where he hoped to recontact Ali Asghar , the advanced mast whose brothers and sisters were likewise masts and mastanis. The mast was in his room, but the door was locked.
Baba had this message conveyed to him: "I will either contact Ali Asghar or wait until he gives me permission to leave."
Hearing this, the mast stepped out, but only for a moment, and again disappeared inside. From the window, Baidul earnestly requested him for contact; but he did not agree, and after an hour and a half, finally replied, "He can go back."
Nariman and Meherjee had accompanied Baba, and when Baba returned to Ashiana he remarked, "Ali Asghar is passing through a jalali phase, and I will have to come back when he is over it."
The mast had not slept or eaten during this phase, and therefore was extremely irritable and aggressive.
Meanwhile Arnavaz informed Baba about the upcoming marriage of her sister Roda, 24, to Jamshed Beheram Mistry, nicknamed Jimmy , 31. The marriage had been settled some time ago, and Baba expressed his satisfaction with the choice of the groom.
Roda had grown up in Baba's love, but Jimmy had never had the fortune of the Master's contact. Jimmy had once seen a crowd gathered in front of Naoroji's, waiting to see Baba, but had left uninterested. In 1946, Jimmy had seen Baba from a distance on the Dadar railway station platform, and was attracted by Baba's features.