Champaklal Speaks

Dyuman’s Birthday

1935-06-19

In those days Mother gave darshan from the small terrace (the one above Madhav's office) to inmates collected in the courtyard below. That terrace used to be swept by Pujalal. And it was Dyuman's work to sweep the terrace outside Mother's salon—the one above his own room. Dyuman and Pujalal would go up by a ladder from the southern side of Madhav's office.

The door from the salon to Dyuman's terrace was normally kept closed because just beside it Sri Aurobindo would sometimes sit and attend to correspondence. The Mother's couch was next to the western wall. At times Sri Aurobindo and the Mother would go on working till early in the morning. And whenever Mother wanted to speak to Dyuman while he was sweeping, she would open the door just a little, peep out and speak to him.

Mother told Dyuman that today Sri Aurobindo had answered 72 letters—a most remarkable thing!

She also told him: “Today is Wednesday, there is special cooking in the kitchen. And it is your birthday. So you will tell Tara to make some special dishes.” And so eleven dishes in all were cooked.