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.”
Letter from Dina Nath to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Dina Nath to Abnashi Ram. Letter is dated January 16, 1958. In the letter, Dina Nath discusses his interest in Manju’s career, Dalip Singh Saund, and other topics.
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.”
Letter from Dina Nath Varma to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Dina Nath to Abnashi Ram, apologizing for not writing sooner and asking for Ram’s help in repaying some friends in the UK who lent Nath money a few years ago.
Letter from Dina Nath Varma to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Dina Nath to Abnashi Ram, giving Nath’s thoughts on the Sino-Indian War. Nath does not believe the people of India are morally committed to the war, and thinks that Tibet should not have been “given away” to China as it is a strategic defense point.
Letter from Dina Nath Varma to Raj and Roshan Sharma
Letter from Dina Nath to Raj and Roshan Sharma, saying that Nath and his wife have “decided not to bother” the Sharmas anymore about “the remittance,” though if they need help in the future they will not hesitate to ask.
Letter from Dina Nath Varma to Roshan Sharma
Letter from Dina Nath to Roshan Sharma, relating that Abnashi Ram recently paid Nath a visit, though it only lasted a few hours. Nath asks that Sharma send him two American textbooks, for his daughter’s use in “submitting some papers.”
Letter from Dina Nath Varma to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Dina Nath to Abnashi Ram, thanking him for a recent visit but regretting that they may not see one another again due to old age. Nath says that Calcutta has been experiencing political instability and wonders if “state violence can curb political violence” (foreshadowing the Emergency in India a few years later).