“One morning at Upper Meherabad in the kitchen, I was standing in the corner near Baba. I had given him something. I looked at him to see what he was doing. I saw him seated so quietly. Baba looked so dear and beautiful to me. His smooth cheeks looked so lovely after shaving, so smooth & silky. I came near. I didn’t know how to embrace him. I felt so much love that I put my cheek on Baba’s cheek

and pressed my cheek against his for quite a few seconds. Baba just sat there. I looked up in his eyes. He looked straight at me with such a tender, loving look in his eyes. There was a very sweet and tender expression in his eyes. It was very beautiful. Sometimes, when you felt that way, you wanted to kiss and embrace Baba. I still remember that. It has remained in my mind all this time.”

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DF-030A: Mehera J. Irani
Ceylon; Manifestation; Bombay in 1920s; New Life: Food, Gujerati, Cold, Najibabad, Train, Dehra Dun, Kumar

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DF-030B: Mehera J. Irani
New Life: Todi Singh; Mehera at 25; Baba spoke only Gujerati to her; Kali Avatar; Food restrictions; race horses; Camel; Sheba

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DF-031A: Mehera J. Irani; Mani S. Irani
Mehera: Post Office; JFK assassination; Baba laughing; Rodeo; camels; elephants; Mani: Goher; Norina; Sermons; Remembers His lovers; Patience

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DF-031B: Mani S. Irani; Mehera J. Irani
Mani: Francis; Eruch; Irene Billo; King who offers anything; Mehera: Baba’s morning; Naja; Anita; Loves those who made Him laugh; Ivanhoe; Shakespeare

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DF-032A: Mehera J. Irani
Writing; meditating; stitching; sewing; storybooks; Khorshed; Read Bunny Bros. to Baba; Mehera shy; Mani to be a man; Mouse on His shoulder; Fasting

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DF-032B: Mehera J. Irani
1926 Prem ashram; Krishna b-day; M & mother to Bombay; Quetta; 1921 Sakori; 1922 Meherabad; American movies; Gaimai; Parvardigar prayer; M asks Baba to sit

DF-033A: Mehera J. Irani
Guruprasad; Interpreting Baba; Baba’s pain, teeth pulled out; clothes smell sweet; Mehera swearing in blood to Baba

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DF-033B: Mehera J. Irani
New Life; Race rickshaws; Don’t read; Benaras; camels; Sarnath; Baba bows to Buddha; Down a tunnel

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DF-034A: Mehera J. Irani; Mani S. Irani
Mehera: New Life:1950 Satara, Mahabaleswar, Donkin’s Dispensary, Hyderabad, Jubilee Hill, Kitty & Rano; Mani: Col. Goldney & Ola

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DF-034B: Mani S. Irani; Rano Gayley
Mani: Resisting Baba; Prasad; Silence; Baba had good taste; “Want what I want”; Rano: Kitty; Dying every moment; Gestures; Her childhood; Navjote ceremony

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DF-035A: Mani S. Irani & Mehera J. Irani
Mani: Tricycle incident; Mother admits He is God; Father & mother; the Todi Shop; Nasik b-day; The Trust; Mehera: Baba’s teeth; Gustadji; Mahabaleshwar

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DF-035B: Mehera J. Irani
Mahabaleshwar; Kohiyar; Victoria’s; 1956 Crash; Why choose Ahmednagar? Mehera’s father; Christian Jew took her swimming; Early days; Upasni

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DF-036A: Mehera J. Irani
Early years; Her mother and father; Her mother gave Baba money; After Nasik; Sheeba; Happy Valley; New Life Caravan; Walking at Dehra Dun

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DF-036B: Mehera J. Irani
New Life: Bhiksha; Village women curious; Loving Baba; Convent of Jesus & Mary; 1974 Lady dentist; 1952 Scarsdale, Myrtle Beach

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DF-037A: Mehera J. Irani & Meheru Irani
Mehera:1969 Darshan; JFK; She was 16 when 1st saw Baba; Guns; 1956 crash; Meheru: Food at Myrtle Beach; 1952 & 1956 Crashes

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DF-037B: Mehera J. Irani
”You are Baba’s children”; Elizabeth’s dog; Nasik 1937; New Humanity; Happy Valley; St. Theresa; Scorpions; Satya Mang; New Life: Sarnath; Angry with Baba?

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DF-038A: Alu Khambatta
How he came into contact with Baba; Baba goes to England; Panchgani; July 1948; Ghost at night; Fire in the cave

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DF-038B: Alu Khambatta
1938 B-day in Ahmednagar; Pressing His leg; Alu sings for Mehera; “Don’t wear glasses”; 1952 Crash; Guruprasad days; 1965 Meherazad; 1968 Seclusion; Alu has cancer; Dec 1968; Argument with sister

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DF-039A: Alu Khambatta; Mehera J. Irani
Alu: About Mehera; M changed after 1952 Crash; Mehera: 1952 Crash

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DF-039B: Mehera J. Irani
1952 Crash; Baba’s suffering; Plastic surgeon; Horse show; Duke U; Margaret, Kitty; Naja; Katie swimming; Mani sinks

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DF-040A: Mehera J. Irani; Bhau Kalchuri; Bernice Ivory
Mehera: God gave everything; Cats at M’zad; Dentist; Bhau: Manifestation (cont. from DF-003B); Bernice: How she came into Baba’s contact; Mani: Story of girl seeing Baba

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DF-040B: Mehera J. Irani
Baba rides bicycle; gray horse; Baba so obliging

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DF-041A: Mehera J. Irani
Leila & Majnun; Baba like cream; Blue Bus seclusion; His work came first; Satara; Goats in Goher’s bed; He loved animals, birds; Monkey at M’bad; He told me I’d live until 80.

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DF-041B: Mehera J. Irani; Rano Gayley
Mehera: Talks with Jacko; Baba agile; Walking alone with Him at Myrtle Beach; M’bad; Seclusion Hill; Baba rides bike, donkey; Irene; 1937 B-day film; Marigolds; Kitty; Aloba

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DF-042A: Rano Gayley
Bandarada; Taking pictures; Hill near Ajmer

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DF-042B: Rano Gayley; Mehera J. Irani
Rano: Her photographs; Mehera: Naja told to leave; Baba angry & told women to leave; Touching Baba’s sadrah

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DF-044A: Khorshed Irani
Early days: Met Mehera in Poona, 1923; Sakori; Upasni; Bharucha house; Writing Yesdan; Meherabad; Baba to Quetta; Mani

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DF-044B: Khorshed Irani

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DF-045A: Khorshed Irani
Staying at Meherazad

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DF-045B: Mehera J. Irani
Celebrating her b-day at Meherazad; Coffee to Baba; Table house; PO bldg; Baba’s b-day; She turned 20; Toka Making butter, the Boat; Baba’s praise

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DF-046A: Mehera J. Irani
First at Meherabad; Baba not singing or laughing; Prem ashram; Flowers to Baba on the hill; Baba was naughty; Baba’s hair; New Life: cold, walking, clothes, happy mood

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DF-046B: Mehera J. Irani
New Life: Start walking, Baba sleep in Supa, shoes, Sirur, Cinema house, caravan, Tea, Belgaum, cooking, Rat bit Mani, Baba came in the night, Goher, Anger, Begging

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DF-047A: Mehera J. Irani
Baba loved jokes; She likes get up late; Harry Kenmore sings; Mysore parade; Baba cheats at games; Baba loved Hafiz; She comes to Baba; Sakori; Sister’s wedding; Darshan

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DF-047B: Mehera J. Irani
Her sister to Poona; Mehloo; Quetta, Bath, Baba asks what prayers; In car with Baba; Meditating; Khorshed & pillows; Baba singing early morning

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DF-048A: Mehera J. Irani; Arnavaz Dadachanji
Mehera: Padri; Story: Sati serve the Sadhu, Sati turns to stone; Ram & Tukaram films in Nasik; Jesus, the Nazarine; Mastan; Arnavaz: About Mehera

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DF-048B: Arnavaz Dadachanji
About Mehera (cont. from DF-048A)

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DF-049A: Arnavaz Dadachanji
About Mehera (cont. from DF-048B)

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DF-049B: Arnavaz Dadachanji
About Mehera (cont. from DF-049A)

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DF-050A: Arnavaz Dadachanji; Mehera J. Irani
Arnavaz: About Mehera (cont. from DF-049B); Mehera: Poona-1921; Sweep Baba’s floor; Her childhood; She asked Baba where her father was; Indus R with her father; Sukkor

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DF-050B: Mehera J. Irani
Mohammed’s hair; Chisti’s tomb-Ajmer circumabulated tomb-His hand in Mehera’s; Junnagar; Tiger; Cat; Monkey; Mustache; Jaipur in Blue Bus; Katie cooking with monkeys

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DF-051A: Mehera J. Irani; Padri
Mehera: About play when a boy tried to embrace her; Padri: Describing his photos sent by Hermes

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DF-051B: Padri
Describes his photos sent by Hermes (cont. from DF-051A)

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DF-052A: Padri
Describes his photos sent by Hermes (cont. from DF-051B)

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DF-052B: Padri
Describes his photos sent by Hermes (cont. from DF-052A)

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DF-053A: Padri & Mehera J. Irani
Padri: Photos sent by Hermes (cont. from DF-052B); Mehera: Animals; 3B painting of Baba as Buddha

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DF-053B: Mehera J. Irani
Babajan & white horse; Gardening; Her father; Col. Irani; 1st stay with Baba; Mira’s master

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DF-054A: Mehera J. Irani
Dr. Grant, Goher & Eruch’s heart attack; Parsis-Iranis; Cricket with Baba; Gabriel Pascal; After New Life-came to Meherazad; Wildflowers; Riding camel; Her Grandfathers

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DF-054B: Mehera J. Irani
Gardening; Wildflowers; Riding camel; Her Grandfathers’ businesses; Her childhood; Baba’s hair; Calif group message; Coming from France; Cradle for Krishna; Nasik; Kandivli; Benares; Norina; Baba-Kaka at Cannes; Jubbalpore; Thade; Okra story

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DF-055A: Mehera J. Irani
She looks at photos; Small house-Meherazad; Cannes-Consuela de Sides; Baba on bench, hairline receding; Main’s skin & hair; Heirlooms; God wants love; Reads message for Amartithi; Meheru; Pillow incident;

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DF-055B: Mehera J. Irani
3 Stories told to Baba-2nd & 3rd stories; Baba teaches women song of Krishna; Mountbatten’s wife; Dr. Ghani; Okra; Ganeshkind; Jal; Ate turkey on Circassia; Trimming Baba’s moustache

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DF-056A: Mehera J. Irani
Baba talking; Baba before Quetta; Baba singing; His hands-1923; Valu; Kaka; Washing His hands, Combing His hair, Shaving him; Ganeshkind Gardens; Savak Kotwal; Bed bugs

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DF-056B: Mehera J. Irani
Naja & Rano at Gaimai’s; Guruprasad: Baba’s bed, East-West Gathering; His legs like Jesus’; Clipping His toenails, His feet; Packing-up; Guruprasad memorial; Gujarati; Babajan

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DF-057A: Mehera J. Irani
Asks Babajan for horse, gets horse-”Bobs”; 20 days with Baba-Meherabad; 1927-called to stay; Stitching shirts & praying; Sheba kisses Baba; Valu, Mani, Chum & cow; Seclusion

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DF-057B: Mehera J. Irani
Doodpak Puri; Climbing seclusion hill; Bill LePage-Australian film; Baba singing; Quetta-bath; Baba dictates prayers; Lost in Quetta; Go to West with Baba; Cannes-Kitty’s b-day

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DF-058A: Mehera J. Irani
Kitty in Cannes; Naja steps in casserole; Bombay-1-952; On airplane; USA landing; USA Indian restaurant; Train to Myrtle Beach

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DF-058B: Mehera J. Irani
Vengurle with Baba at ocean; Gardens as girl; Baba’s fav foods: Kerela, cauliflower; Baba would pretend to throw ball to catch; She learns a song with Heather; Baba goes to West-1958

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DF-059A: Mehera J. Irani
Snow in Mussouri; Panchgani-1936-7; Blue Bus Seclusion; Goats on Goher’s bed; Satara landlord; Dehra Dun, Blue Bus, Street singer; Blind children-Poona; Early life at Meherabad

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