Letter from Ismail Merchant, New York, New York, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1971 August 20 : autograph manuscript signed.

Telling her "I am glad you are coming with Madhur and the mice [Jaffrey's three small daughters, Zia, Sakina, and Meera]"; replying that he doesn't personally need anything, but that he would like her to find "a small wooden statue or some decorative object" for him to give as a gift to an associate, and to bring some bound copies of the screenplays for "The Guru" and "Householder" to give to his solicitor in London, among other people; telling her about the request to Nagarajan for "stills of Nirad [Chaudhuri]" and hoping she has sent them.