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Chapter 27: Satara

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Baba then sent Naoroji (Nozar's father) this telegram:
God is testing us to see if our love is real. For loving me, Nozar will attain me spiritually. So be happy by loving me more and more, for those who love me never die!
Nozar Dadachanji
From Ganeshkhind, Baba visited Bindra House, where he took an unusually long bath and washed his hair thoroughly. Thereafter, his head wrapped with a white cloth, he paced barefooted on the verandah for a long time.
Then he stood before the photographs of his five Perfect Masters, bowed slightly to them and declared, "My Naoroji has won, I have lost!"
By this time, a telegram from Naoroji was received stating: "I am happy in your wish." Naoroji apologized for asking about the last rites explaining that it was the officers in charge who had wanted to know. Baba was highly pleased.
Later, he joked with Pappa Jessawala about the time Pappa ordered "platinum" dentures for him in 1952.
Baba also remarked to Pappa, "In about a year's time, five more near ones — in the East and West — will leave their bodies. Two of them will be very close ones."
Baba left for Meherazad on the 16th. Sidhu had been called to Poona and he accompanied them, along with Meherjee. Arriving in Ahmednagar, Baba stopped at Akbar Press where he had lunch. He embraced each member of the Satha family, all of whom were his lovers. He went inside to see Shirin and Alu, both of whom were bedridden. He had sent Shirin his own wheelchair to use. After lunch, Baba drove near Rustom Kaka's house and met his family while seated in the car. He then went to Meherabad, where he discussed arrangements for the sahavas with Adi Sr., Pendu and Padri. On his way to Meherazad, he stopped for half an hour at Khushru Quarters, where he met Gulmai, Piroja and Dolly.
Nariman, Arnavaz and Naoroji Dadachanji, along with Jim Mistry arrived in Ahmednagar for Nozar's funeral, and Baba called them to Meherazad on Monday, 17 October 1955. According to Arnavaz, her brother Nozar was an exceptional soul: "He was a very sweet, understanding boy, and very devoted to Baba. He was very wise. He read all of Baba's books by the age of fifteen. Even in the atmosphere of being in the Air Force, he behaved so differently [from the other pilots] in his moderate habits. He knew what Baba wanted and acted accordingly."
After embracing them, Baba asked Naoroji, "Suppose I had ordered you to send Nozar to England and never call him back, would you feel sorry?"
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