Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 3

Letter ID: 814

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

September 4, 1936

Same. Quite tip-top – working too as usual. Trying to dedicate and remember of course. Today somehow feeling a little off-colour. Sotuda’s letter too is a little touching. Poor fellow! However, he has taken the right step so far as he himself is concerned. The rest is at the knees of yourself and Mother. Please let me know what to answer him. I had thought however that his income would be larger than Rs. 125 a month. However – and what about his sons? You have not even seen them. So?

The other letter is from Vidya. See if you can find a little time to reply to her. I wish she would not always so worry about her children’s health and pray for better things from you. But maybe it will come later – if it hasn’t already come. I enclose a dedicatory poem on my father to the last part of my music book. See.

Practically finished my music composing today. Thinking of lolling for a day or two after this long bout of strenuous work – though I fear then I won’t come off with flying colours.

Still the dovelike Dilip.

P.S. Sotuda’s coming (if he is accepted as a permanent) would serve as a shock to the bourgeoisie of Calcutta – that will be a delightful thing – as Sotuda was very popular, etc. what?

I will make time for the answer to Vidya’s letter in these two or three days. I am glad to know that the girl has recovered, but the boy seems to have [been] more deeply touched – however, we will try again; it is the heart I suppose that creates the difficulty.

As for Sotuda the Mother proposes to put two rooms of the Windows upstairs at his disposition, one for him, one for the two children. I hope he will quickly recover from the shock of the sudden going of his wife.

Must recover the colour that has gone off – let’s expect that the two days lolling will do it – into flying colours in spite of your diffidence, [incomplete]