Letter from Abnashi Ram to Anup Singh
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Anup Singh, relating that while attempting to establish a friendship society between India and the US (with the help of Dalip Singh Saund), Ram encountered Singh’s nephew Satwant. Ram reminisces on his and Singh’s shared past working in rice fields, and discusses a wide range of politicians from India and across the world.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Dina Nath
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Dina Nath, asking why Ram has not heard from Nath in weeks, relaying news of the death of a mutual friend’s wife, and inquiring after an uncle’s illness.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Dina Nath Varma
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Dina Nath. Ram praises Dwight Eisenhower’s administration and remarks on the prosperity of the US, but concedes that he and Nath are on different political “poles.” He shares news of his family and makes observations about the situation in Pakistan, concluding that it is “the Communists we have to watch.”
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Dina Nath Varma
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Dina Nath, discussing Ram’s meetings with Congressman Dalip Singh Saund. Ram also met Indian politician V.K. Krishna Menon, but refused to shake his hand, as Ram considered him “a McCarthy type.”
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.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to G.D. Birla
Letter from Abnashi Ram to G.D. Birla, in which Ram refers to Bank of America’s interest in investing several million dollars in “prospective manufacturing enterprises,” an offer in which Birla was apparently uninterested. Ram thanks Birla for his past service to India’s independence movement and warns that a “strong atomic force” is needed to offset the threat of communism.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to G.D. Birla
Letter from Abnashi Ram to G.D. Birla, in which Ram refers to Bank of America’s interest in investing several million dollars in “prospective manufacturing enterprises,” an offer in which Birla was apparently uninterested. Ram thanks Birla for his past service to India’s independence movement and warns that a “strong atomic force” is needed to offset the threat of communism.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to R.R. Saksena
Letter from Abnashi Ram to R.R. Saksena at the Consul General of Indian in New York, congratulating him on the recent successful visit of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. He asks that Saksena contact him soon and thanks him for his services in the past.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to D. Pant
Letter from Abnashi Ram to D. Pant, asking why Pant has not written in so long and attempting to set up an in-person meeting soon.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to D. Pant
Letter from Abnashi Ram to D. Pant, noting that Pant’s recent letter was more pleasant than past ones and expounding upon Ram’s view of India’s current situation. Ram says that he believes India is in a better position than Russia or China were after their respective revolutions. He says he is anxious to read Pant’s new book and asks that they find time to see one another soon.
