Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1938

Letter ID: 2224

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

November 2, 1938

[Sri Aurobindo and the Mother]

[I sent Sri Aurobindo the typescript of his comment of 31.10.38, leaving a blank for a word I could not read.]

You have forgotten a word in the other poem. You will see a blank remains. Or you can’t make out your own writing? That’s fine, Sir!

The word looks like “fantasia” but I am not at all sure – it might be anything else. It is altogether irrational to expect me to read my own writing – I write for others to read, not for myself – it is their business to puzzle out the words. I try to read when I am asked, but I have to make a strong use of second sight with a mélange of intuition, reasoned conjectural speculation and random guessing.

Lila’s ankle is still swollen. Some pain on deep pressure and on walking. No fracture is likely. Would it be advisable to see it under screen?

[The Mother marked the last sentence with a vertical line.]

[The Mother:] Yes.