BIB_ID
453919
Accession number
MA 23840.956
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 items (2 pages) ; 26.7 x 20.3 cm
Notes
Year from postmark.
"The Mice" is Jhabvala's, Ivory's, and Merchant's affectionate nickname for Madhur Jaffrey's three small daughters, Zia, Sakina, and Meera.
Prior to India's economic liberalization in the early 1990s, Indians were subject to severe restrictions on travel and foreign exchange transactions.
Aerogramme addressed to Mr. James Ivory, 400 East 52nd St. (Apt. 12-G), New York 10022, N.Y., U.S.A.; postmarked August 30, 1971.
"The Mice" is Jhabvala's, Ivory's, and Merchant's affectionate nickname for Madhur Jaffrey's three small daughters, Zia, Sakina, and Meera.
Prior to India's economic liberalization in the early 1990s, Indians were subject to severe restrictions on travel and foreign exchange transactions.
Aerogramme addressed to Mr. James Ivory, 400 East 52nd St. (Apt. 12-G), New York 10022, N.Y., U.S.A.; postmarked August 30, 1971.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Telling him she has sent a note to Nayrayan [?] because he "doesn't have a telephone" and she hopes he has sent Ivory the photos he wanted; telling him not to send her any English reviews of "Bombay Talkie" [see MA 23840.875], but allowing that "[p]erhaps I will read them later in New York in your strengthening presence, but I don't think I can take one more thing by myself here"; casting this decision as self-preservation: "Everything you say about SW ["Shakespeare Wallah"], & Guru being rehabilitated & BT ["Bombay Talkie"] being all right in the future too-- I admire you, truly I do, for having such faith but I cannot share it"; turning to her upcoming travel plans, saying "I don't think I shall be able to travel with Madhur & Mice after all" for complicated reasons involving Air India and Air France, and finally settling on flying PanAm via Tehran-- "Jhab says don't go via Karachi-- a Jew with an Indian name & and Israeli visa in my passport, anything can happen he says!"; promising to send a wire with the full details, and begging them to send one back acknowledging receipt; lamenting the fact that "I shall be arriving completely destitute-- literally without a cent"; vowing "from now on I shall be absolutely calm & collected-- not one hysterical thought or fear. I shall go upstairs & play the piano"; telling him they rented the piano for Poji [Firoza] to learn to play, but she likes to sneak upstairs and play it herself.
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