Surendranath Jauhar's Correspondence with The Mother

1 April 1961

Gracious Mother,

I wanted to tell you that in compliance with your instructions, I have been trying hard and making serious efforts to make some reasonable improvements in Delhi Ashram to give it a better look and provide minimum facilities and comforts to the visitors. I was continuously working on these before I left.

Shabby constructions and the floors of the kitchen and the dining block and the latrines and bathrooms have been completely changed.

All shabby and old tin sheds have been removed and new concrete roofs have been put, walls have been plastered, cement concrete floors have been laid. All these now give a good and respectable look.

Some constructional changes and adjustments have been made in the residential building to provide more amenities. The entire main Ashram premises have been white-washed and colour-washed and all doors and windows painted.

Now when I return I have to work on suitable furniture and respectable crockery and utensils etc.

Mother, I can assure you that henceforth visitors will get much better facilities and I will do my best for progressive improvements.

Gracious Mother, this has all cost near-about seven to eight thousand rupees in these few months and perhaps another three to four thousand rupees will be spent in completing the work and the scheme in hand.

Mother, water is still a serious problem without which many improvements suffer and the work cannot be properly and gracefully carried out.

Praying for your Grace, always, I am your child.

I am very glad to be able to send you visitors now whenever the opportunity comes, and feel sure that now they will be quite satisfied.

With my love and blessings

1 April 1961