Parichand's Correspondence with The Mother

14 July 1947

Mother,

Five gardeners of the same locality have been absenting themselves for the last three or four days without informing us. Only one of them, after two days' absence, appeared yesterday to ask for three days' further leave.

About this group we have a proposal to make. As they sometimes remain absent in a body, causing much inconvenience to our work, we would like to transfer two out of them to some other section—the two who are the most irregular and not always well-behaved. These gardeners will surely oppose this transfer and may even try to foment a strike, but that we are ready to face because our work suffers much when they remain absent together.

I pray to know Your will.

I am sure that not one out of ten of these workmen can be called honest and satisfactory, but it seems to me wiser to make the best out of the evil one knows rather than to run the risk of a worse combination.

With my love and blessings

14 July 1947