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Thursday June 4, 1992 begins well. Shri Nathji remains fairly well despite an erratic fast pulse. As Priya Nath writes in his diary:“Bees hazaar ghazalen likh daaleen, magar parrenge kaise?”“I have written 20,000 Priya Nath later calculates that 20,000 was an underestimate and that Shri Nathji had in fact written “O Lord, please give us the financial means to publish them all!”Priya Nath even suggests selling their Mussoorie home for the sake of funds. And, for a moment, Shri Nathji agrees:“Haan becho usseShri Nathji was referring to the antique furniture in the house, which had been brought to the house almost a hundred years ago by the Englishman who built the house. The antique value of the old furniture could be priceless for collectors of vintage items.“O Lord, I thank Thee for keeping Pitaji so well, and unaware of the fast pulse.”Shri Nathji’s pulse is running at the fast pace of 80 and Priya Nath is deathly afraid. Shri Nathji is nonchalantly reading the “Indian Express” and is unaware of the pulse rate. “Photo “There is nothing in the photograph that may not appeal to them.”