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Chapter 35: Guruprasad, 1960

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Meanwhile, Harry Kenmore became depressed over the thought of his return to America.
On the 26th, Baba consoled him, "Why do you worry about tomorrow before God? I am in your heart. I know your love; I know what you express and what you do not express, too. What will be in your utmost interest, I know it. Then if I keep you here or send you to America, why are you concerned? Who knows, I may send you by the end of October, or I may detain you until December. In any case, why do you bother about tomorrow? Give all your worries to me and be with me, at ease, till October."
Baba then joked, "You are really very stupid! My mandali are fools! I thought you were the only sane person here, but now you are trying to prove yourself one of them!"
Kenmore laughed.
On the 28th, Jalbhai returned to Meherazad from Poona for a short stay. Two days later, Beheram's wife Perin came with her sons Sohrab and Rustom, her daughter Gulnar and Gulnar's fiancé Jehangu Sukhadwalla. (Baba took a "holiday" from his work with Kaikobad that day and from washing the feet of the poor.) Baba had approved the match and fixed the date of their wedding for 16 October in Bombay.
He remarked to Jehangu, "You are really lucky to have found Gulnar, for through her you have found me!"
As they were leaving, heavy rain showers fell — an auspicious sign and tangible proof of Baba's blessings for the couple. Because of the downpour, their departure was delayed by two hours as the nallahs (streambeds) that intersected the road were overflowing.
(Twelve days before the marriage in October, Beheram had a severe ulcer attack. He refused to go to the hospital, but after telegrams were sent back and forth between the family and Baba, he relented. An emergency operation was performed. His condition was grave, and the doctor said it would be impossible for him to attend his daughter's wedding.
Baba was informed and he cabled back: "Go ahead with marriage preparations. Tell Beheram not to worry. I am with him."
Baba also told the family, "Leave all to me. The wedding will not be postponed," and he ordered Beheram to repeat his name constantly.
The doctor advised Beheram not to go anywhere for one month, but Beheram did accompany his family to Bombay for the wedding. The doctor commented, "In my 35 years of surgery, no man has ever recovered so quickly!")
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