How does the author's experience in Bandra, as told in Chapter 21, function as an example of the chapter's central theme?

The author’s story about his time in Bandra serves as a direct illustration of the chapter's main theme: that meeting a Saint is a matter of destiny and grace, not mere proximity or opportunity. As Chapter 21 explains, the author, a Magistrate, had every chance to visit the revered Siddha Pir Maulana. He was even personally and repeatedly invited. However, his own ego and thoughts about his "prestige" prevented him from going. He later interprets this failure not as a simple choice but as evidence of his "ill-luck" creating a barrier. This personal failure perfectly demonstrates the chapter's teaching that the "company of Saints is not accessible to the unfortunate" and that one cannot force such a meeting until one's good fortune allows it.