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saying I have been blessed with happiness. This is but obvious.”
What Guruji meant was not apparent to us. We were to discover that
in a few days.

I joined the Institute at Gurgaon for the programme. After the
first module, I went back home. We went for darshan that evening.
While returning, my wife asked me to buy a pregnancy test kit.
And the meaning of Guruji’s statement became obvious to us the
next morning, when my wife tested positive for pregnancy. The
last attempt at IUI, under tough circumstances, had turned out
successful, thanks to Guruji. Both of us were overwhelmed with joy
and gratitude. We were in tears and were repeatedly kissing Guruji’s
photographs for a long, long while. We went to Guruji that evening.
I touched his feet and was about to speak (once again trying to break
the news to the Omniscient) when he motioned me to keep quiet. “I
know,” he said.

My wife went through her pregnancy quite comfortably in spite
of my absence. She was able to get a house in her college campus
during that phase, which helped her to do away with much of
the travelling. She gave birth to a boy on 31 January 2001. After
completion of the baby’s first 40 days, we took the infant to Guruji
for his blessings. That day at the time of giving us leave, Guruji asked
my wife “Poonam Auntie, hor munda laina hai (Do you want another
son?)” She was taken by surprise and did not answer.

Guruji repeated this question to my wife on every visit we made.
She never answered but kept wondering during our drives back
home how she could go through the medical procedure once again
and that too with such a small child to care of. She said Guruji must
be joking.

After completion of my MBA in June 2001, I got transfer orders
for Rajbandh (a place close to Durgapur in West Bengal). It was not
possible for me to move at that time, considering the young child
and other responsibilities at Delhi. I pleaded with my company
seniors, but no one was prepared to help. Disheartened by the
apathy of my seniors, I was considering moving to the new posting
without my family, after making arrangements in Delhi for their stay.
We went for Guruji’s darshan on the evening. That day the last of
the seniors I had been requesting had said no to me. That day too,
Guruji asked the same question to my wife: “Poonam auntie, hor
munda laina hai?” She promptly spoke, “How will I get another son

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