Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory, place not identified, 1970 July 07: autograph manuscript signed.

Asking whether he has received the songs she sent a few days before; asking whether he has managed to dub "that other take of Anjana Devi's" and whether Jennifer has corrected one of her lines to be more specific about the age she is referring to in a particular line; reflecting on a recently unearthed old interview of Zia Mohyeddin's in "Film-fare" about the relationship between actors and directors; critiquing Mohyeddin's performance, at one point saying that "he has failed us as badly as Michael [York] and Rita [Tushingham] did but in this case, thank God, it matters far less"; recounting some stories about her daughter Renana's time in England, including being robbed on the Underground, going to the Tate to see Op Art and Dali, and an excursion to a club in Picadilly where she danced with "everybody there" ("I suppose everyone has to experience everything but she's only 17, and Civil Lines born, ayah tended [...]"); comparing her experiences to the Western women (and one man) she's met as they travel around India, including one American "friend of Ved's" (who is named in a later letter as Sasha Bruce) that she met recently; complimenting Mehta's writing; reflecting on her strong, negative reaction when people tell her they prefer South India to North India and contrasting her perceptions of the two regions and the people who live in them; discussing upcoming showings of "The Guru" at the American embassy ("I won't go myself--no! I won't, no!--but will send spies").