made allusion there was no help from anywhere and all combined so that what was wanted should not happen, still it happened – but it took me some strenuous years to do it. So by all means let us always give the force a chance.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 2. 1934 — 1935
Letter ID: 571
Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar
March 19, 1935
I shall try to see about the Riddance tomorrow – but I am not sure about my regularity just now, there are too many hurdles in the way.
About your aunt and uncle I shall see. The force, of course. But in Maya’s case, she had the strong wish to come here and that helps a great deal – even when circumstances and husbands are adverse. It is true that in the other case to which I made allusion there was no help from anywhere and all combined so that what was wanted should not happen, still it happened – but it took me some strenuous years to do it. So by all means let us always give the force a chance.
About Shankar etc. As you see, there are several weak points on our side – e.g. if Esha’s share is only due to her on her coming of age, Shankar can’t be made to disgorge before unless there is a special clause. What we have to be careful about is that nothing is done by which the strength of the strong card – the letter – is weakened. E.g. Maya must do nothing that would be construed as condoning his offence, for then it would lose its value. When Duraiswami1 comes, we shall consult him about these things – for we must know exactly how we stand, even if we adopt a waiting policy and do not take any action.
1 Duraiswami Iyer, an eminent and brilliant advocate of the Madras High Court and Sri Aurobindo’s disciple. He had seen Sri Aurobindo at the Surat Congress in December 1907 where he had gone as a volunteer from South India. Later, in March 1942, Sri Aurobindo sent him as his personal envoy to the Congress leaders to urge them to accept Sir Stafford Cripps proposal.