One day in April, Baba sent for his brother, Beheram, and his entire family: Perin, Sheroo, Sohrab and Rustom. Beheram's daughter, Gulnar, and her husband Jehangu Sukhadwalla brought their daughter, Mehernaz, and their son, Merwan.1
Siganporia and Gajwani came the same day Beheram's family was called. Gulnar's daughter, Mehernaz, was quite small, and her grandmother, Perin, was handing her candy in both hands when Gajwani joked, "If Mehernaz goes on eating candy like this, she too will become as big as Rustom and Sohrab!"
Baba took him seriously and forbade anything sweet to be given to the child. From that day on, if anyone gave her something sweet, Mehernaz would refuse, saying, "Baba's order is not to eat it." Even though she was so young, she was able to recite the Master's Prayer by heart and did so before Baba.
Baba advised Jehangu, "Whatever job you undertake, do it with all sincerity, honesty, and with dedication. No one will be able to bend even a hair of yours."
On another occasion during the 1960s, the usual group was sitting before Baba in Guruprasad, and without any reference to any topic, Baba suddenly remarked to Jehangu, "Remember, Jehangu, even if all problems of the world are on your head, your cheeks shouldn't go inside," meaning that Jehangu should remain steadfast in face of any tribulation.
During this occasion in April, Baba remarked to Perin about her eldest son, "Sheroo is my child even if he grows old!"
He then commented to her about Jalbhai, "You are the mother of all, so you take care of Jal for my sake."
Baba asked Beheram, "Do you believe me to be God?"
With conviction, Beheram said yes.
Baba then asked, "Will you give me your life when the time comes?"
Beheram replied that he would.
Later, at Meherazad, Baba repeated the same question to his brother: "Do you believe me to be God?"
Beheram said, "Even if you declare to the whole world that you are not God, still I will believe that you are!" His reply pleased Baba very much.
During Baba's stay at Guruprasad, he would also call the two Bindra House families — Gaimai, Meherwan and Manu Jessawala, and Banumasi (Gaimai's sister), Roshan, Mehera and Dolly Kerawala, along with their servant, Kesar.
Dolly was a toddler of four, but she would run to Baba and whisper in his ear, "Beloved Baba, I love you very much! Do you love me?"
Footnotes
- 1.Although also spelled Meherwan, when Jehangu and Gulnar's son was born in 1964, Baba spelled out the name as Merwan to Mani, when he himself named his grandnephew.