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Letter from Ram Nath Puri to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Ram Nath Puri to Abnashi Ram, dated April 11, 1969 and postmarked from Los Angeles. Puri writes of being unable to return to India due to his advanced age, and discusses his loneliness and other difficulties in life. The letter is handwritten in Urdu.

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1970 photograph of Abnashi Ram and family members.

Letter from Khizar Hayat Tiwana to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Khizar Hayat Tiwana to Abnashi Ram, dated November 13, 1957. Tiwana praises Ram on the quality of his letters and comments that he knows Ram is displeased by internecine conflict between "brother and sister nations". He also mentions having received a letter from M.R. Ahuja recently, and adds in a handwritten postscript that he will see Ahuja if he comes to Karachi.

Letter from Khizar Hayat Tiwana to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Khizar Hayat Tiwana to Abnashi Ram, dated September 11, 1961. Tiwana comments that he and Ram are both lucky to still be alive, considering their heart troubles. He also mentions their mutual friend Mumtaz Kitchlew as having left for his Hajj, and remarks that this is a positive development considering how distraught Kitchlew has been over the death of his wife Helene.

Letter from Khizar Hayat Tiwana to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Khizar Hayat Tiwana to Abnashi Ram, dated November 13, 1961. Tiwana writes of his disappointment in only being able to see their mutual friend Mumtaz Kitchlew for a short time during Kitchlew's recent visit to Pakistan, and laments that he has had to postpone his planned trip to the United States again. He adds that he will send Ram a map and Urdu-English dictionary from Sargodha.

Letter from Khizar Hayat Tiwana to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Khizar Hayat Tiwana to Abnashi Ram, dated July 24, 1963 and postmarked from Karachi. Tiwana thanks Ram for his postcard and writes that he will soon be journeying to England, where he has not set foot in seven years.

Letter from Khizar Hayat Tiwana to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Khizar Hayat Tiwana to Abnashi Ram, dated February 22, 1965 and postmarked from Lahore. Tiwana thanks Ram for his previous letter, bemoans his own inability to visit other countries more often, and reaffirms his resolve to live at home amongst his own people, which has led him to turn down various offers and opportunities suggested by Ram and his associates.

Letter from Khizar Hayat Tiwana to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Khizar Hayat Tiwana to Abnashi Ram dated April 27, 1965. Tiwana congratulates Ram on having secured a pension, and mentions his disappointment at not seeing their mutual friend Mumtaz Kitchlew recently. He also mentions that his marital troubles continue and that he and his wife Zainab are living separately.

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