“”"You have spent so much for me?" Baba asked.
Arnavaz replied, "It was our pleasure, Baba."
Baba looked pleased, and after walking through all the rooms, he came and sat in the dining room and asked for a bottle of soda water. Arnavaz had forgotten to buy some, though she knew at the time Baba drank only this. She sent Homa to bring some as quickly as he could, but unfortunately, he had difficulty locating the brand Baba preferred and took quite a while to return.
When Baba asked Arnavaz again for soda water, Arnavaz looked flustered and explained that she had forgotten to buy some.
“”Baba remarked, "You spent Rs.7,000 for the whole apartment, and you could not remember to send for two annas' worth of soda water for me?"
This was a lesson to Arnavaz not to neglect anything, big or small, for the Master.
“”The same day, Baba remarked to Arnavaz, "Why did you spend so much on the apartment because I am never going to come back to Bombay again."
Arnavaz said, "Baba, you are here now and that is all that matters to us."
Baba gave darshan in Ashiana to about 1,000 of his Bombay lovers on Sunday, 8 March 1959. He embraced all, despite the previous day's long and hot journey from Ahmednagar and not having much sleep the night before. Because most were his longtime lovers, Baba cracked jokes with them, and humor and merriment prevailed throughout the function.
That day, Kishinchand Gajwani and Sorabji Siganporia had arranged four different programs of well-known qawaals to sing before Baba in Hasman Hall. The first group started as soon as Baba reached the hall with the mandali at 3:00 P.M. Baba did not like them and sent them away for tea.
The second group began to play, but they too were stopped after five minutes. The third and the fourth groups met with the same fate. Baba was not happy with any of them.
“”He asked Gajwani and Siganporia, "What is this? I didn't like even one of them."
They replied, "Baba, these four qawaals are famous all over Bombay."
“”"They may be famous in Bombay, but I like singing to be from the heart!"
