On one occasion in Bombay, Baba went to see a cricket match with the mandali. Jim Mistry accompanied them. Nilu and Jim got into an argument, and Baba intervened and scolded both men. Baba then asked Nilu something, but Nilu was so upset he refused to reply. Baba asked him why he was silent. Nilu said, "There is a new man present," meaning Jim.
Baba replied, "How can you judge that someone is new and someone is old? There are many who have not seen me but who are very close to me."
Baba went out for contacts in Bombay on the 27th evening until midnight. After completing his work in Bombay, Baba returned to Satara early on Sunday morning, 28 October 1956. Although very tired, he resumed working in seclusion with Kaikobad.
During this period, as Baba was hunting for masts, political issues were coming to a boil in the Middle East. To consolidate his shaky position, Egyptian President Nasser had seized the Suez Canal in July and threatened war against Israel. Before Nasser could mount an offensive, the Israelis invaded Egypt on 29 October, with support from British and French troops. At the same time, the discontent in Soviet-controlled Hungary came to a peak, and on 4 November 1956, Soviet army forces launched an attack on Budapest to crush the uprising. Thousands of terrorized Hungarian refugees fled to Austria and Yugoslavia. After killing thousands of workers and intellectuals, the Soviets installed a puppet regime in Hungary.
Before Baba had gone to the West in July 1956, Ivy Duce wrote to Rano suggesting that she illustrate the process of evolution and involution described in God Speaks , specifically for children. At first, Rano was not taken with the idea; but after thinking it over, she sought Baba's permission, asking if she could work on it while he was away, and Baba said to go ahead.
Rano told him, "I think I can depict the evolution part of it, but what about the planes?"
Baba laughed and gestured, "Do your best."
When Baba returned, Rano had a preliminary sketch waiting for him.
Baba approved it and gave all the wording around the chart: "Formless and colorless, God's creative and impulsive imagination to know himself as Omnipresent, Infinite and Eternal."