Among the souvenirs were articles of varied interest—marriage rings, handkerchiefs, towels, pillows, wooden sandals, and even pop bottles. The monotony of touching each article did not bother Baba in the least though one can imagine the extra strain of this action. He dispensed to each His love-filled smile and presence that everyone drank in with tears of joy and satisfaction. During this sahavas, not one person was kissed or embraced by Baba on the dais.

Almost every day some lost child, screaming in no sweet strain of birdsong, would be brought to the mike, for its mother had forgotten it in the rush of the darshan. It would take quite some time before the mother would realize that it was her child being held aloft at the dais and she would then come and take charge of the child, much to our relief.

Baba glanced to the right and saw three queues. Usually there were two, one for the women and the other for the men. On inquiry He was told that the two main queues were formed by lovers from Andhra, while the third was formed by lovers who were leaving today. The Andhra queues were so infinitely long that those leaving today, if they were to join the Andhra queue, would surely have missed their train. Baba gestured, "A long queue is standing in the hot sun, hurry up." At 11:05 Baba's arti was sung. He stood up supported by Eruch and me and waved out to all. As usual we took Baba inside and seated Him on His wheel chair.

Baba was back in the side room at 3:40 P.M. Someone reported to Baba that the Hamirpur group was very anxious for His darshan, as now only three days were left and thousands awaited darshan.

The finance minister of Andhra Pradesh, Mr. C. Reddy and his family, came to see Baba. Baba said to him, "There is conflict between Pakistan and India. India is blessed because I am born in India. There is no cause for worry." The minister said, "Even the Chinese situation is bad, Baba" Baba said, "I know everything. India need not worry - When I break My silence, the world will know who I am. All misery will disappear when people will begin to love Me. They will then come to know that only God is worth worrying about."

Just then an old lover, Mr. Todi Singh, entered. Introducing him to us Eruch said, "One night he dreamt that Baba and his mandali had come. He had never heard of or seen Baba before. This was during the New Life phase of Baba. In his dream he also saw a house of a Baba lover who was in contact with Baba during the New Life. He went with food to the house of the Baba lover and said he had brought food for Baba and the mandali. The lover was taken aback as he had never seen Todi Singh. Todi Singh had done a lot for Baba during his New Life phase"