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Letter from Abnashi Ram to Anup Singh
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Anup Singh, relating that while attempting to establish a friendship society between India and the US (with the help of Dalip Singh Saund), Ram encountered Singh’s nephew Satwant. Ram reminisces on his and Singh’s shared past working in rice fields, and discusses a wide range of politicians from India and across the world.

Letter from Abnashi Ram to Anup Singh
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Anup Singh; Ram says that he recently bumped into Singh’s nephew Satwant, and also relates a visit with US Representative Dalip Singh Saund. Ram brings up a number of world leaders, past and present, and discusses his fears about India’s political future.

Letter from Abnashi Ram to Dina Nath
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Dina Nath, asking why Ram has not heard from Nath in weeks, relaying news of the death of a mutual friend’s wife, and inquiring after an uncle’s illness.

Letter from Dina Nath to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Dina Nath to Abnashi Ram, asking that Ram send an allowance to his son, Guru Dutt, as well as to Nath’s wife, who has been taking care of Guru Dutt.

Letter from Dina Nath to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Dina Nath to Abnashi Ram, apologizing for not writing earlier but admitting that he feels he has nothing to say. He bemoans the state of Cold War politics and says he is pleased to hear that Ram’s son Guru is doing well financially.

Letter to Raj Sharma
Letter to Raj Sharma from Dina Nath Varma, congratulating Sharma on her three children and relating that there may be job prospects in India for her husband Roshan thanks to the government’s interest in a nuclear program.

Letter from Abnashi Ram to Dina Nath Varma
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Dina Nath. Ram praises Dwight Eisenhower’s administration and remarks on the prosperity of the US, but concedes that he and Nath are on different political “poles.” He shares news of his family and makes observations about the situation in Pakistan, concluding that it is “the Communists we have to watch.”

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Photograph
Photograph dated 1959. Inscription on the back reads "1959 When Roshan Visited Dina Nath in Calcutta".

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