That is exactly what happened that day when Baba visited several devotees' homes in Ahmednagar.
Adi Jr. once described his father, Sheriarji, as the kindest, most generous man he had ever known. And Baba's father was greatly loved and admired by all. On the night of 6 April, at Baba's request, Bomanji narrated the events of Sheriarji's eighteen years of wandering throughout Persia and India in search of God.
Afterward Baba remarked, "Because of Sheriarji's untold sufferings to gain spiritual knowledge, and because he was a real pilgrim on the Path, I was born as his son. He was the only man — not only in his family and community but in the whole world — worthy to be the father of the One who will shake the world to its foundations in the very near future."
During the first week of April, Sarosh K. Irani, who had been at Manzil-e-Meem and was now in business in Ahmednagar, came to Meherabad to see Baba, bringing with him his young, sixteen-year-old bride, Viloo. This was Viloo's first opportunity to meet the Master. During this period, Sarosh and Viloo lived in Khushru Quarters, and on occasion Baba would call them to Meherabad. Sarosh was a firm disciple of the Master and one of the mandali, though he was very much involved in the world.
The number of boys in the school had been steadily increasing. There were now 70 students, fifteen of them boarders. On 8 April, Baba held a meeting with the mandali at five o'clock and again brought up the possibility of establishing a separate ashram for boys.
He began by stating, "All of you must express your frank opinion on whatever questions I may put to you. Otherwise," he joked, "you will be born as frogs in your next birth and be devoured by the Chinese as pickles in the great Chinese war that is to take place, the likes of which the world has never seen."
The outcome of their discussion was as follows:
An ashram for children is to be opened called Meher Ashram. At first, it will be housed temporarily in Arangaon in the Family Quarters portion that Kaka Shahane was occupying.