Letter from Ismail Merchant, Mumbai, India, to James Ivory, Dinuba, California, [1964] January 13 : autograph manucript and typescript signed.

Saying of the Columbia Pictures distribution of "The Householder" in India debacle, "it is not over yet"; reporting on his financing meeting with Grover that morning, and lamenting the difficulties of raising funds for a production; feeling "desperate and pitiful"; concerned about his father, who is "worrying endlessly" about the family and feeling guilty that "in nearly 7 years I haven't given any security to them"; concluding he must take on a more commerical project in order to make ends meet; wondering if Ivory had read Ruth's latest draft of "Shakespeare Wallah," and expressing frustration that "it takes nearly 15 days to get a certain problem solved" because of their distance.