Dyuman's Correspondence with The Mother

14 July 1934

Dear Mother,

When the servant K comes to fetch the empty tiffin-boxes, he opens them and eats anything that is left or takes it away. I have asked Amrita to tell him not to open the tiffin-boxes at all: his business is only to remove them. A will speak to him tomorrow.

What happens to all the food taken back in the tiffin-boxes? Is it distributed (and first to the servants working in Aroumé) or is it thrown away? If it is not distributed I do not see why this poor man should not eat if he is hungry. Most of the servants refuse to take the food that is left; if one takes it why refuse it to him? Perhaps when the boxes come back to Aroumé all the food is mixed up and becomes uneatable. All this is to be seen carefully, before deciding anything.

14 July 1934