Amal Kiran's Correspondence with The Mother

21 March 1966

Dearest Mother,

You know that I prefer even downright condemnation to suspenseful silence. If one is wrong, one must know it from you. Will you be kind enough to tell me exactly what you think of the proposals I conveyed to you on Saturday [for a special issue of Mother India] after a talk between Hari and me? Please don’t tell us, “Do what you like.”

Thanks for your message.

I thought my message was a sufficient answer. For me “culture” (read in French) means “arroser des plantes”¹⁷...

21 March 1966