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Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory, Mumbai, India, 1963 February 5 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
448208
Accession number
MA 23840.27
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, 1963 February 5
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 22.5 x 17.4 cm + envelope
Notes
Date from postmark.
Envelope addressed to Mr. James Ivory, Gool Villa, 32, Motlibai Street, Bombay 8, postmarked February 5, 1963.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Discussing arrangements to screen The Householder at the home of Catherine and John Kenneth Galbraith, and describing a recent visit there; passing on the opinions of a friend regarding Durga Khote and Leela Naidu; asking Ivory to pick up some decorative tiles for her home ("I'm now going in for gracious living in a really grand way"); and mentioning some gossip regarding Satyajit Ray, Marie Seton, Pearl Buck, and Tad Danielewski.