Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory, Mumbai, India, 1970 February 8 : autograph manuscript signed.

Describing her daughter Ava's reaction to a copy of a magazine featuring Sajid Khan that she brought back from Mumbai; mentioning that Ava is now going to a concert of Khan's in New Delhi and that her other daughters refuse to go, to Ava's relief; reflecting on her daughter's extroverted personality and her habits and her future; opining about Svetlana Alliluyeva's book "Only One Year", which she finds interesting, especially the part that describes her stay in India with Alliluyeva's husband's family; asking for his opinion about a letter she received which seems to be asking her to collaborate on a story based on someone's romantic experience with John Lall, to which she "replied somewhat coolly"; commending him for having "done so much-and yet the bulk is still to do"; suggesting he make time to relax; asking about Jennifer Kendal.