Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory, Mumbai, India, 1970 May 22 : autograph manuscript signed.

Saying that she won't be able to come to Mumbai until next Thursday, the 28th, on a flight that will arrive at 7 p.m.; explaining why a morning flight isn't possible; expressing her disappointment that the New Yorker has turned down two of her stories and analyzing the magazine's feedback; reflecting on her professional goals as a writer ("I intend only to write what I want to, I hope I never never have to do anything for money alone, but I also want money for what I write"); explaining why Diarmuid Russell is "a source of strength" for her; recounting a speech that he gave to "some Rotary Club meeting"; explaining why she believes writing may be "the hardest life of all" and comparing it to his work as a film director; saying she's been reading the correspondence of D.H. Lawrence and Katherine Mansfield and "others of that time"; reflecting on the nature of correspondence and the emotions of the recipients and the writers; asking whether he has received all her letters and, if so, why he has not yet replied; asking for him to acknowledge receipt of the letter.