Letter from Ismail Merchant, Mumbai, India, to James Ivory, New York, New York, [1964] February 19 : typescript signed.

Despairing over his lack of money ("I have to borrow from Kine ten or twenty rupees for gasoline") and considering getting a job; saying Kine will release "The Householder" in April, but right now things are desperate; concerned about the expense associated with his sister Rashida's coming wedding, and the strain it is putting on his father; worried he will fall ill again; saying "it is useless for you to come here"; wishing he were in a position to "teach these Columbia Bastards a lesson"; asking Ivory to send negatives for publicity stills, and to re-ship the sound recordings that Kay Clark has apparently returned; feeling deeply depressed-- "You will have to forgive me but I am so hopless [sic] and helpless that there is nothing which I can give you but despair."