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Priya Nath gives Shri Nathji a haircut, and, in the process, cuts his hair too short, so that when Shri Nathji puts on his red turban his face looks small and thin. Even Mangla agrees that too much hair has been cut. Priya Nath is disappointed at the cutting that he has done and wonders why he cut so much hair. He also rues the fact that Shri Nathji’s face would remain weak and thin till the time the hair grew back–which would take months. He feels it is a great loss. “Bilkul angrezon ki tarah baal kaate hain!Priya Nath preserves the shorn hair faithfully in a used Complan Tin in the wooden almirah next to Shri Nathji’s bed. These sacred hairs are the hairs of God in human form, and not a strand must be lost.“Deeno duniyaa dar kamande aan pari rukhsaare maa,“This world and the next are in the folds of the Fairy Faced One,