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Shri Nathji wrote a beautiful ghazal for the New Year 1982, which he had wanted converted into a general prayer:Labrez karde Saaki saaghar tahi hamaaraaO Saki, fill our empty cups to the brim,He was going out ever so frequently from the house on the slightest of pretexts with Priya Nath. Many a time this was simply to put cheer into Priya Nath and to show him that he was perfectly all right. His visits to the Kwality restaurant in Regal Building at Connaught Place had become routine. He would refer to the “Chole Bhature” there as “