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

Exclaiming that the song has "turned out far better than I could have ever expected - though very differently from what you and Mrs. [Anna Carol] Dudley imagined"; articulating why the lyrics she previously sent would not have worked with either their schedule or the melody; describing the final song ("The music is sort of an echo of the opening piece of music, the title piece. Usha [Uthup] opens unaccompanied[...]"); sharing the final lyrics; admitting that she "probably won't like it, [...] but there was no time"; blaming "India, Ismail [Merchant], and myself, but not always in that order" for the lack of time available to make decisions.