How was the project to write Sai Baba's life story initiated?

The project was initiated through a divine mandate from Sai Baba Himself. Chapter 2 recounts that the author, whose mind was impatient, offered a prayer to which Sai Baba felt compassion. Baba then granted explicit permission for the work, saying a collection of stories should be made and that His full help was with it. Crucially, Baba revealed the spiritual nature of the task by stating, "He is merely a pretext; I myself shall write my own story!" This shows that the book was not simply the author's personal ambition but a divinely sanctioned undertaking where the author's primary role was to surrender his ego and serve as an instrument for Baba's will.