Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 3

Letter ID: 910

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

Undated

(R.R. Diwakar¹, an admirer of Dilipda’s, wrote to him a letter dated 21st February 1937.)

“My dear Dada,

“Surely you need have not given me such a serious threat for paltry things as our pictures. You should reserve the threat of withholding music for something really serious. The delay in sending our photographs was due to my being really busy but now I am free once again and thanks to your good wishes and Sri Aurobindo’s blessings and Mother’s I have come out successful in the election to our provincial Council. Yesterday the photographs of all of us must have been despatched to you. I left that work to your Sister. I hope in due time you will get them.

“How nice you are coming out on a little tour. I wish we were at Bangalore but since that can’t be I hope as your Sister has proposed you will try to come to Almora from sister Raihana’s place, Baroda and give us a look up. I shall be at your service. It would be so nice if you came towards May or June but possibly it would be too hot for you. Anyway whenever it is we would welcome it. We need your music, particularly I, to raise me out of the worldly affairs [sansarik bate] where I seem to be falling. I understand Abha has requested you through her mother to record some of the songs you sang to us. I strongly support the request. Please don’t forget the folk song. How nice you are going to give out songs in records for the music lovers of Hindusthan. We need your divine music to uplift us and since you can’t yourself go about everywhere possibly, gramophone records will be the best medium.

“Hoping to have the pleasure of your darshan at a not very distant time.

“With respects to Mother, Sri Aurobindo and yourself,

“Yours affectionately,

Diwakar”

(Dilipda’s note on the letter:)

Please let me know. Guru, if you did really send some force for Diwakar’s and Biren’s election. I have written to Diwakar I will offer this Rs. 160 to Mother.

Yes – for Diwakar less because I thought his election fairly sure – but a good deal in Biren’s case, as in spite of his father’s influence and money expenditure it was doubtful. Nobody I think expected such a high majority against the Congress – which was indeed much blamed for allowing an unknown zamindar to give them such a defeat.

¹ R.R. Diwarkar: Author of Mahayogi Sri Aurobindo. Minister of Information and Broadcasting under Nehru (1948-52) and then Governor of Bihar (1952-57).

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