On the 10th of May 2010, at around 6.00 am, we (Sameerdada and I) returned to Happy Home from our Kankavali tour. As usual, Sameerdada proceeded to meet Param Poojya Bapu on the 6th floor. Param Poojya Bapu was having coffee in the living room. Vaibhavsinh Karnik was sitting with him. Vaibhavsinh said, “In fact, today Bapu was going to sleep early at around 4.30 am. But then, Param Poojya Nandai woke up due to some reason and Bapu had to spend about an hour speaking with her.” Sameerdada narrated in brief regarding the tour and how it had gone off well after which Bapu retired to his room and we also left.
The next day, our routine commenced at 11.30 a.m. After completing his work, Sameerdada went home for lunch at around 4.45 pm. Mr. Avinash Ajgaonkar (works as a driver in Happy Home) called me up sometime between 5.30 - 5.45 pm. He was sounding a bit scared. He told me that the building where Dhrutiveera (Sameerdada’s daughter) attends her coaching class is on fire. No sooner he finished narrating thus, than Sameerdada returned to Happy Home and stood in front of me. I related the information to Sameerdada immediately following which he called up Dhrutiveera calmly and inquired about the actual facts. She replied “There is a fire on the 1 st floor of the building and we are stuck in our classroom on the 2nd floor for the past 30 minutes.
- Hemantsinh Kawle