Author's Foreword

The Meherazad women mandali – Mehera J. Irani, sister Mani, Goher, Rano Gayley and Naja.

The Meherazad men mandali – Eruch Jessawala, Baidul, Aloba, Pendu and Kaka Baria.

The Meherabad mandali – Padri, Mansari and Sidhu.

The Ahmednagar mandali – Adi K. Irani, Chhagan and Sarosh K. Irani.

I made personal contacts and gathered stories from many flowers of the Beloved's Garden. Those who shared the fragrance of their love for him with me include:

Jangle, Nana Kher, Vishnu's sister Sushila, and Tara at Meherabad;

Bhau Cheema, Lala Kamble and Ramaji from the village of Arangaon;

Bhagirath and Kokila Tiwari, Dhakephalkar, Meheru Mehta, Nusserwan Satha, Rangole, Rustom Kaka, Waman Padole, and my wife Rama, daughter Sheela and son Mehernath Kalchuri in Ahmednagar.

In Bombay, Khorshed K. Irani, Alami Katrak, Arnavaz and Nariman Dadachanji, Asthma, Dina Talati, Homa Dadachanji, Jal arid Dolly Dastur, Katie Irani, Minoo, Bapai and Mehera Desai, Raosaheb Afseri, Rhoda and Jim Mistry, Savak and Nargis Kotwal, and Nargis Dadachanji shared their stories with me.

In Poona, brother Beheram S. Irani and wife Perinmai, brother Jal S. Irani, Babu Cyclewala, Gaimai, Manu and Meherwan Jessawala, Jangoo and Gulnar Sukhadwala,. Meherjee Karkaria, Rustom and Sohrab Irani, and Sadashiv Patel shared their stories.

In the end, I bow to the love for the Beloved of all those who played roles in his divine game, and thus made it possible for me to record for posterity the history of this Avataric Advent.

Bhau Kalchuri
Meherazad, India
July 10th, 1971