Letter from James Ivory, New York, New York, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1967 June 23 : typescript signed.

Describing a New York Times Magazine section falling open to an article on Ravi Shankar and George Harrison as an example of "God-given signs and opportunities"; describing Satyajit Ray's ("the Maestro") time as a houseguest in their apartment, having "signed with Columbia to make his science fiction film ... Peter Sellers is starring in it, playing a marwari. To be done in October, 1968, in color, in India"; repeating his announcement that they have broken off negotiations with Paramount over "Vertical and Horizontal" and Merchant is now shopping the script around other companies; saying they are planning to speak to Shankar and Harrison [for "The Guru"], and Michael Crawford for the "Shakespeare Wallah" sequel; repeating a box office report from Prabhu about the run of "Shakespeare Wallah" in Delhi.