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Letter from Abnashi Ram to Mumtaz Kitchlew
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Mumtaz Kitchlew containing some details from a visit to Srinagar, Kashmir, and how Ram and his family spent the holiday season.

Letter from M.R. Ahuja to Abnashi Ram
Letter from M.R Ahuja to Abnashi Ram where he discusses Arya Samaj and how it relates to education of the next generation.

Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Roshan Sharma
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Roshan Sharma, thanking Sharma for a previous letter in which he expressed condolences for the death of Kitchlew’s wife Helene. Kitchlew reminisces about Helene’s first meeting with Roshan’s wife Raj, and says he regrets that she was unable to accompany him on another trip to California.

Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram, discussing Ram’s recent move to a new home. He also informs Ram that he has managed to sell a previously-ordered batch of zari bags at his store in Chicago, and asks Ram to procure him an additional 100 bags (or, as he refers to them, “jewels”).

Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram, detailing Kitchlew’s trip to Seattle during the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. Kitchlew writes that he did not stay long enough in Seattle to see the fair, instead going on to Vancouver for the first time in 33 years; after touring Victoria, he plans to return and see the fair, then fly back to Los Angeles and visit Dr. Harish Bhalla.

Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram, discussing the death of their mutual friend K.L. Dixit (here referred to as “Dix”). Kitchlew muses on the realities of death and recalls an earlier conversation with Gobindram Watumull on the subject. He also mentions that he needs to move to a new apartment within two months, and closes by congratulating Ram’s son Guru on his impending fatherhood.

Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram, telling Ram of his meeting with Ram’s daughter Raj Sharma and her family. He says that though he had to work and thus could not meet them right away, they went out for lunch together eventually, and that Sharma is looking forward to her upcoming trip to India. Kitchlew closes by saying that he has heard no recent news from Lalji Mehrotra.

Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram, dated November 22, 1965 and postmarked from Chicago. He thanks Ram for his "surprise phone call" earlier in the week, and mentions trips to Reno, NV and New York (for the World's Fair), as well as the recent passing of a friend and new orders placed at his shop.

Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram, dated May 6, 1968 and postmarked from St. Petersburg, FL. He thanks Ram for a previous letter, tells him of his vacation in Florida, and expresses sorrow at the passing of a mutual friend. Kitchlew also adds that the best person to write a book on the life of Dr. Syud Hossain would be Anup Singh, and sends well-wishes to Ram and his family.

Postcard from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram
Postcard from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram, dated September 11, 1958 and postmarked from Hong Kong. Kitchlew says he has been traveling through Hawai'i and Tokyo before stopping to send this postcard from Hong Kong.

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