When his marriage was announced, some Parsis approached him, saying, "You're marrying a Dadachanji? Are you crazy? The whole family is mad! They're followers of Meher Baba; don't you know that?"
But Jimmy, a Parsi, replied with equanimity, "Roda can follow her religion, and I'll follow mine. As a matter of fact, I have no religion, and wear the sadra-kusti only out of habit." After his marriage, Jimmy came close to Baba, and Baba enjoyed his good-natured humor.
On Friday, 2 July 1948, after his Bombay mast contacts, Baba took an early morning train to Poona, where Adi Sr. had come with his car. After refreshing themselves with tea at Vishnu's house at Kasba Peth, they returned to Ahmednagar, arriving at 7:15 A.M. Baba resumed his regimen of staying in Ahmednagar, and visiting Pimpalgaon and Meherabad regularly.
During this period, Baba had invited Jean Adriel and Delia DeLeon to India, and they were expected shortly.
Baba sent a letter to Nariman and Meherjee asking them to visit Ali Asghar, to determine if the mast was now prepared for contact. They went to his house several times, and in the end Ali Asghar agreed. They cabled Baba accordingly, and on 12 July, Adi Sr. drove Baba and Baidul to Bombay, collecting Eruch in Poona along the way.
Meherjee and Nariman met them when they arrived in Bombay, and Baba was driven to Ali Asghar's house.
Baba explained to the men, "It is imperative that we follow the same method of approaching Ali Asghar as we did last time. Therefore, we must arrive at exactly the same time in the afternoon."
They did, but when they reached his house the door was locked. After much endeavor, and a half an hour of waiting, the mast tentatively opened the door, and Baba entered.
After five minutes of contact, both came out; but Ali Asghar immediately disappeared back inside. He soon came back with a pair of scissors and clipped seven small sprigs of a mulberry bush. Tying them into a bouquet, he presented them to Baba. He patted Baba on the back and said, "Now you can go."
Baba seemed elated by the contact and commented, "My work is accomplished so beautifully today, I will never have to come again to contact Ali Asghar."
Baba handed the bunch of sprigs to Eruch, warning him, "Guard it with your life! Not even a tiny leaf should fall off!"
Since Baba had come to Bombay only for this purpose, he left for Ahmednagar the same day.