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.
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram, dated June 12, 1969 and postmarked from Chicago. Kitchlew thanks Ram for sending him an article about an Indian, Nepalese, and Tibetan art collection in New York (belonging to Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck), and mentions a surprise phone call from an old friend, Sardar Sarna. Also mentions Dr. Syud Hossain and J. J. Singh.
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram, dated June 26, 1969 and postmarked from Chicago. Kitchlew discusses Ram's glaucoma, and asserts that his previous letter to Ram was not a reprimand but simply an observation that several of their mutual friends (such as Sardar Sarna, Gobind Behari Lal, and Dr. Bartosh) are older than Ram yet continue to lead active lives.
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram, dated August 22, 1969 and postmarked from Chicago. He remarks on the orders for his shop which accumulated during his absence from Chicago, and thanks Ram for his recent hospitality (as well as Ram's daughter and son-in-law, Raj and Roshan Sharma).
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Abnashi Ram, dated December 3, 1969 and postmarked from Chicago. Kitchlew thanks Ram for previous letters and newspaper clippings, laments that he has been unable to relax due to working constantly, and mentions that he is no longer licensed to drive due to failing a vision test. He also discusses the good fortune of their mutual friend Dr.
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Roshan Sharma
Letter from Mumtaz Kitchlew to Roshan Sharma, dated May 24, 1969 and postmarked from Chicago. Kitchlew writes with excitement of Sharma's upcoming visit to Chicago, and thanks him for his positive appraisal of Kitchlew's previous correspondence with Abnashi Ram.