Baba remarked, "It seems Nilu's desire will be fulfilled."
But Don raised the point, "Hafiz says nothing about medicine or a journal."
Baba stated, "Anyway, until the end of 1953, don't stop the journal."
Don observed, "You had in the beginning made grandiose plans [about opening medical facilities], which until now have not been put into effect."
Smiling, Baba motioned to Aloba, "Ask Hafiz again when these two doctors will leave me alone!"
Aloba opened to a page and read:
"It has been ordained and will come to pass. If it is not done now, it will never be done at all!"
"But no reference is made about medicine or a clinic," Don pointed out.
"The time is coming soon," Baba replied.
"But when will it actually come ?" asked Don.
Baba himself then opened the book and gave it to Aloba to read:
"A pale face and sickness from head to foot! This is a warning that medicine is needed!"
Don laughed, and his subscription was continued.
Don was a gifted, diligent doctor, but after the New Life Baba had not given him any specific duty, and it was therefore difficult for him to pass his time. Baba's inner work for him was of course for the best, but outwardly Don remained ill at ease. For him, to be without work was a penance.
Eruch had the duty of reading Baba's alphabet board and doing the correspondence in English; Pendu was the household manager; Vishnu was doing the marketing and keeping accounts; Gustadji was keeping silence without any other duties; Kaikobad was repeating God's name (100,000 times daily) and saying prayers; Aloba was overseeing the preparation of the mandali's food; Baidul was traveling, finding and bringing masts; Krishna was the night watchman; Nilu was the mandali's doctor; but, again, Don had no specific duty. This does not, however, even begin to adequately describe the work done by the mandali. Additional duties would daily crop up, and the mandali had to do anything and everything. Each man remained occupied day and night, and Baba kept all, including those without a physical duty, mentally occupied!
Among the women, Mehera and Meheru were doing Baba's personal work, washing his clothes, bedding, et cetera; Mani was doing foreign correspondence and typing; Goher, besides being their doctor, was managing the household affairs; Naja supervised the kitchen; and Rano was a versatile jack-of-all-trades.