As I found Pitaji becoming more and more comatose, I called a certain Dr. Sood who worked in Dr. Umesh Gupta’s Heart Centre and looked after the patients there. He was a young man who had earlier visited Pitaji on the 17th of June 1992 when Pitaji had the tachycardia.“Piyaji, usse bhej denaa. Hazaar rupaye dekar, aur paanch sau alag“Piyaji, send him away and give him one thousand rupees as well as five hundred extra for the ticket. Tell him we are very happy with him and he can return whenever he likes.”I did not have the time to do all this. Pitaji had been reminding me again and again over the past few days to send the man away. The person had been down with the virus.