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 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 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 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.”
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Dina Nath Varma
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Dina Nath, discussing Ram’s meetings with Congressman Dalip Singh Saund. Ram also met Indian politician V.K. Krishna Menon, but refused to shake his hand, as Ram considered him “a McCarthy type.”
Telegram from Abnashi Ram to Asaf Ali
Telegram from Abnashi Ram to Asaf Ali, which discusses Asaf Ali’s eulogy to Mahatma Gandhi on Chicago University's radio broadcast.
Telegram from Abnashi Ram to Asaf Ali
Telegram from Abnashi Ram to Asaf Ali, which discusses Asaf Ali’s eulogy to Mahatma Gandhi on Chicago University's radio broadcast.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Randolph A. Hearst
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Randolph A. Hearst, expressing his condolences over the kidnapping of Hearst’s daughter Patty by the Symbionese Liberation Army. Ram reminds Hearst that they once met on a flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to G.D. Birla
Letter from Abnashi Ram to G.D. Birla, in which Ram refers to Bank of America’s interest in investing several million dollars in “prospective manufacturing enterprises,” an offer in which Birla was apparently uninterested. Ram thanks Birla for his past service to India’s independence movement and warns that a “strong atomic force” is needed to offset the threat of communism.
