Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1

Letter ID: 277

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

October 10, 1932

Well, that is all right. If Sahana is a devotee of the great goddess “Cha-devi” [tea goddess], she will fly and throw herself on the altar without need of urging – if not, she will sit in tealess meditation invitation-free. It will be a test of her true orientation in this “to tea or not to tea” question. As for chivalry, it is more than a century ago that Burke lamented “The days of chivalry are gone!” And in the year 1932 with feminism triumphant – everywhere except in France and Bokhara – how do you propose to keep the cult going any longer?