Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory, Mumbai, India, 1970 June 29 : autograph manuscript signed.

Alerting him to enclosed song lyrics and a letter she has written for Lucia; expressing her happiness at the process of writing the song and her reticence to have the song used over a song written in Hindi ("Jaikishan would be far more comfortable with a Hindi lyric, I think"); correcting an apparent misunderstanding about a point she made regarding a previously discussed song about Lenny Bruce; asking him to try cutting the film with a song following the murder scene; suggesting that the solution to "your difficulty with Jaikishan" is to show him what Ivory wants, rather than telling him; suggesting that "these people are very quick and adept at plagiarizing" and providing the Ventures and specifically the record "The Fabulous Ventures" as a potential example to give to Jaikishan; providing detailed information about which songs might be useful references and who produces the album in India; opining that they definitely need a scene with Lucia's letter and explaining why she believes that and how the letter should be presented in the film for the audience; saying that she has sent three versions of the letter which he can combine as needed; agreeing to shorten the ashram scenes; elaborating on her belief that stories with very few main characters can benefit from some attention being given to the world those characters are living in; disagreeing on structural grounds with Ivory's assessment of "the Mala-Bose" scene as "one of our holding up scenes"; agreeing with Ivory's choice of take for a scene with Jennifer Kendal; suggesting that he be very watchful for the tone in dubbing on a particular line (which is "You see, don't you"); telling him that Kendal told her about a disagreement between David and Ismail over the housekeeping at Wilson House, and that she agrees with David and that Ivory "should interfere"; telling him that she is sending a photo separately; wishing him well; including three different drafts for a letter from Lucia to Hari about how much she hates the ashram.