Telegram from Abnashi Ram to Asaf Ali
Telegram from Abnashi Ram to Asaf Ali, which discusses Asaf Ali’s eulogy to Mahatma Gandhi on Chicago University's radio broadcast.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Khwaja Ahsan Ullah
In a letter dated March 23, 1950, Abnashi Ram wrote to Khwaja Ahsan Ullah, Trade Commissioner for the Jammu and Kashmir government. The letter regarded a shipment of goods received from Kashmir, Ram’s daughter Raj, and the current state of India and Pakistan.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Harish Bhalla
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Harish Bhalla. Abnashi Ram expresses his regret over the ill health of Lorraine and Harish, and discusses Khizar’s death.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to J. Francis Guyton
Letter from Abnashi Ram to J. Francis Guyton. In the letter, Abnashi Ram inquires about Calvin, an attorney who prepared a Patent Application for Roshan.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Mr. & Mrs. Dixits
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Mr. and Mrs. Dixits. The letter discusses Abnashi Ram’s points of view on various political topics, including Republic Day and the tensions between India and Pakistan. The letter also touches on problems with a new business venture.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Lalji Mehrotra
In an undated letter to Lalji Mehrotra, Abnashi Ram wrote about politics, including the U.S.’s involvement in Vietnam, how the division between Pakistan and India is hurting the people of India, and the threat of Russia and China. Abnashi Ram wrote that he had been impressed with India a year ago when he visited, but now he sees the country’s morals are being degraded.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Lalji Mehrotra
Undated letter from Abnashi Ram to Lalji Mehrotra regarding the recent death of Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India. Abnashi spoke of the great accomplishments Nehru did for India and for democracy.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Syud Hossain
Partial letter from Abnashi Ram to Syud Hossain. The letter relates Ram’s dissatisfaction with India’s politics and reality (despite some named exceptions such as the Watamulls and Syud Hossain himself), and asks Dr. Hossain to take the leading role in an unspecified revolutionary movement.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Randolph A. Hearst
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Randolph A. Hearst, expressing his condolences over the kidnapping of Hearst’s daughter Patty by the Symbionese Liberation Army. Ram reminds Hearst that they once met on a flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco.