Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram, dated October 19, 1970 and postmarked from Chicago. Kitchlew apologizes for not feeling "like himself" during Ram's recent visit with him in Chicago, and expresses pleasure that both India and Pakistan are prospering and making gains economically.
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram, dated May 24, 1971 and postmarked from Chicago. Kitchlew writes to thank Ram for the offer to visit him in Hollywood, but says that due to his business trouble he cannot; he asks if Ram can visit him in Chicago instead. He also comments on the deteriorating political situation in Pakistan.
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram, dated January 25, 1975 and postmarked from Chicago. Kitchlew expresses grief at the recent passing of their mutual friends Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana and Ajit Singh, and congratulates Ram on his successful eye surgery.
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Roshan Sharma
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Roshan Sharma, dated March 5, 1979 and postmarked from Chicago. He expresses relief that Roshan is feeling better after the passing of his wife Raj's father, Abnashi Ram.
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.
Photograph
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.