Priya Nath, who has been overwhelmed by the good health of Shri Nathji and the chubby features he has assumed for his sake, is worried lest someone’s evil eye–nazar–may affect Shri Nathji. “Sudha, nazar utaar lenaa Pitaji ki!”“Sudha, ward off the evil eye!”And Sudha performs the ritual performed by all households in India of driving away the nazar, by waving dried red chillies around Shri Nathji’s head and then burning them outside. There is very little smell of the burning chillies, which is a sure sign that some evil eye has affected Shri Nathji. Maybe the effects were warded off in time, but Priya Nath is worried all the same. It is a bad sign.