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Chapter 18: Final Mast Work: Prelude To Thunder

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6:30 A.M. — Kaka to bring two buckets of warm water for morning toilet and take away the kerosene lanterns from the cabin. Goher should supply three buckets.
7:45 A.M. — Goher to give Kaka three slices of bread for Baba.
8:00 A.M. — Kaka to bring tea and milk separately for three cups of tea for Baba, with three slices of bread. After giving tea to Baba, Kaka should bring out from the cabin the drinking water pot to be cleaned. Goher should supply tea and coffee sets to Kaka.
8:45 A.M. — Goher to give Kaka drinking water for Baba.
9:00 A.M. — Kaka to bring drinking water in clean pot.
10:00 A.M. — Kaka to bring three buckets of bathwater.
11 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. — Period of intense work and rest.
2:00 P.M. — Kaka to bring coffee and milk separately for one cup of coffee for Baba.
5:00 P.M. — Goher to give Kaka food for Baba consisting of rice and dal, and Kaka to take it immediately to Baba.
7:00 P.M. — Kaka to bring two lighted [kerosene] lanterns; one for Ganpat and one for the stand in the antechamber of the cabin. Kaka should keep one matchbox on the stand and give one matchbox to Ganpat.
Kaka had to take the required items to Baba's cabin at precisely the fixed times, knock on the door and wait for Baba's clap to enter. He was also to clean and sweep the cabin and make Baba's bed when Baba called for this purpose. For the first few days, despite being conscientious, Kaka committed a few mistakes, and Baba scolded him. Baba would ring a bell whenever he needed Kaka, and poor Kaka would be on the move for sixteen hours — from 5:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. — without a minute's rest, as Baba would call him at any time.
From his seclusion, Baba instructed Baidul, Babadas and Pandoba (through Kaka) to bring 21 poor people to Meherazad so that he could wash their feet and give them money. Adi Sr. was to coordinate the work, and Sarosh was to supply a bus to transport them. On Sunday morning, 26 June 1949, Baidul brought the 21 poor people at ten o'clock. Kaka had arranged warm water, soap and towels inside the seclusion area, and led the 21 men inside. No one else except Kaka was permitted inside. Baba washed and laid his head on their feet, and gave each ten rupees. The work was finished in just over an hour, and they left at 11:10 A.M. with Baidul. Kaka cleaned up the area.
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