Letter from James Ivory, Mumbai, India to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1970 [July or August] : autograph manuscript signed.

Stating that a Hindi song would be best after all, because Usha [Uthup] is "derivative"; saying he'd rather "deal with Asha Putli about all this"; comparing Usha to Asha; asserting that "turning our idea for a song over to Hasrat Jaipuri is impossible" because he's "the worst hack going"; citing "Typewriter Tip Tip Tip" as an example; stating that he will send the musical notation and instructing her to work with Mrs. [Anna Carol] Dudley to fit the words to the music; opining that working with Dudley will be better than working with Jaikishan [Dayabhai Panchal]("You can control it. Then, all Jaikishan has to do is orchestrate it"); providing details about the desired length of the song and how it will be used in the film; advising about the use of English lyrics; complaining that "the whole experience of the music for this film has been one long, horrible frustration" and describing why; describing the difficulty of working with Jaikishan and Raiz Khan, and relating some of Khan's questions about America.