Letter from Ismail Merchant, Mumbai, India, to James Ivory, New York, New York 1971 February 19 : autograph manuscript.

Writing that he spoke with Ruth that morning, and she told him that the new project sounds interesting; saying he will visit her in Delhi beginning Thursday night, stay for a couple of days, and then move onto Bombay for the premiere, and then finally back to London; mentioning the publicity circulating in the Bombay papers about the release; wishing Ivory were there to see the "enthusiasm generated by Shashi"; saying his sister Sahida [whose wedding he attended in Bombay] is settled in her new home; asking after Ivory's social activities, and what he has been doing besides editing the Chaudhuri documentary; asking that he take care and look after himself.