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Chapter 38: Guruprasad Garden, 1963

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At about six o'clock, Baba's arti was sung and the group dispersed. It was later discovered that, invariably, Baba mentioned matters which occupied the minds of the people gathered. Thus, though one of the stipulations he had laid down on those coming for darshan was no questions, each person would receive an answer automatically. At times, Baba's hands would not say a thing and his silence was the answer to their mental queries and problems.
On 15 April 1963, in honor of their anniversary, Freny and Rustom Dadachanji sent a delicious mutton roast to Guruprasad for Baba and the mandali. At 5:15 P.M. Baba dispatched the DeSoto to Jamnagar House. He wanted to see Arnavaz and Freny. Baba was sitting on his bed when they arrived. Suffering lined his face. Even so, he wanted to tell Freny that he had enjoyed the dinner. He embraced her, which was a more than sufficient thank you.
Starting on the 17th, Baba began calling the Bombay women every alternate morning. Mornings were devoted exclusively to intimate close ones and their families. Baba did not wish any new visitors to come then, in case he became preoccupied with correspondence, difficulties to be solved, personal questions to be settled, et cetera. But he was happy to receive newcomers in the afternoons, if any desired a meeting. In fact, he waited for them.
Goher's sister, Katie, had been ordered to come and stay in Poona for fifteen days, but due to the pressure of her work (at the Japanese Consulate), she did not request time off. Baba was quite upset by her disobedience. After a few days, Katie began having terrible back pains and was unable to go to work. Baba, through Goher, sent some pills for her and ordered her to stay home in bed in traction. Otherwise, he warned, Katie would become paralyzed. Later, she came to Poona and stayed in Jamnagar House. On the morning of the 17th, Baba met with her for an hour, and when she returned to Bombay, her pain was half of what it had been.
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