The Tamans had brought a cook from Manthani with them, Shri Chidanand, who had cooked for Shri Nathji for a few days in 1986. He takes over the duties of cooking once again. He is a man with an innocent heart, without guile, who is not conversant with the ways of the modern world. He had always been afraid to light the gas in the kitchen, and always jumped at the sound of the gas being lighted.