BABA'S DRIVER THAT DAY

 
One day, with Baidul, Nariman and Meherjee, Baba was on his way by car for a mast contact. Homa was driving, but was told not to look at Baba. Suddenly, Homa got a terrible migraine, and after Baba was informed, it was decided to change drivers. Nariman suggested his brother-in-law, Jimmy Mistry, and Baba agreed.

Stopping the car at Jimmy's apartment in Dadar, Homa went in to call him. Jimmy was shaving at the time, but on hearing the news he was so excited that he ran out of the house and got in the car half-shaved, his face still lathered. Baba indicated to Jimmy, through Nariman, to drive the car as he was. It was an incident that much amused Baba.

It was said in good humor that Jimmy's wife, Rhoda, Arnavaz's sister, was already a mastani, and now Jimmy, too, had turned mast-like. Baba was joking in this vein with Meherjee and Nariman, and Jimmy wished that Baba would also speak to him, but he did not. Nevertheless, he got to be Baba's driver that day, and being in Baba's presence was an exhilarating experience.