Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 3
Letter ID: 854
Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar
November 1, 1936
Of course you can send the Dewas photographs, though I don’t know that I can hold out much hopes of their changing our decision about them. They may be socially very pleasant and perhaps religious people but that is not enough for the purpose. All the same it would be interesting to see if their photographs give any light. But no objection to your tie with them.
I have read through a poem, but it was in gallop; so, if you don’t mind, IT1 keep it a day longer – such haste is not satisfactory in reading through a poem like that. All the same it was a gallop through a scenery of great beauty – in that hasty inspection it seemed to me one of the most beautiful poems you have written. I shall comment afterwards.
As for your friend’s letter I had no sufficient time. Curious how a day one had expected to be one of leisure gets crammed up like the others. Fate, I suppose!
As for Nilkantha, you have only to read his letters of self-justification to understand how loath we were to get rid of such a phenomenon. (Irony, sir!) They are awe inspiring in their Himalayan dignity and calm self-righteousness. Shiva1 himself could not have done better.
1 For the uninitiated reader: Nīlakaṇṭha is another name of Shiva; because when he drank the world-anihilating poison his throat (kaṇṭha) became blue.