BIB_ID
449663
Accession number
MA 23840.556
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, 1970 July 2
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (5 pages) ; 22.3 x 17.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope stamped, addressed to Mr. James Ivory, Room 618, Taj Mahal Hotel, Apollo Bunder, Bombay-1, postmarked "2 Jly 1970".
Dated "2 July"; year inferred from postmark.
Song lyrics not enclosed.
Dated "2 July"; year inferred from postmark.
Song lyrics not enclosed.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Telling him that she is sending three separate sets of song lyrics "but not hopefully", as she does not know what music the lyrics are meant to accompany; suggesting that he bring in a Hindi lyricist like "Hazrat Jaipuri"; commenting on Usha Iyer's singing abilities; suggesting that he could also write down the tune he has in mind and she could get her next door neighbor, Anna Carol Dudley, to play it and help with the lyrics; expressing some frustration at the effect that Ismail's efforts for "a stupid film festival" are having on him; reminding him that "when [Ismail] has behaved very badly [...] he usually, or often, comes round by himself".
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