Parichand's Correspondence with The Mother

13 September 1947

Mother,

As you know two of our gardeners have remained absent from work since the 26th of last month without informing us. X got Your permission to send them away. One of them turned up for work this morning, after 18 days' absence. Amrita has already given me his official letter of dismissal (referring there to an article in the Convention Collective), copies of which have been sent to the Labour Office and the President. This letter I will hand over to the man tomorrow.

This gardener, although he came from a communist quarter and belonged to a group of four other very undesirable gardeners, was not found by us unsatisfactory in respect to his conduct, work and attendance. So the suggestion comes: "Dismiss him and then after some days take him back on trial with a reduced pay." But another suggestion says; "Do not take him back and give him no hope of further employment."

I pray for Your decision.

If the man is a good worker why don't you simply keep him in service?

My love and blessings

13 September 1947