Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1937

Letter ID: 1894

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

March 31, 1937 (Evening)

...Now emetine being out of the question, we can give what we gave yesterday: 1) Bismuth 2) Soda Bicarb 3) Kaolin...

Kaolin was the kind of thing Mother was thinking of as utilisable.

I asked Nolini, he said – no medicines, no medicines. But your evening answer [to the note written at 2 p.m.] doesn’t say that. It says – no emetine, no purgative, but “something which would protect the injured tissues...” Again at the end you say “Mother had said to me about the purgatives, not about medicines.” It is all very puzzling and I am in a fix...

Well, since medicines have been used, and the atmosphere is not the right one for No-medicine, you can go on,– but nothing violent like emetine. The Mother offered to call Valle and in that case of course the responsibility would be with him, but K has refused.

What do you say, Sir, about this poem? Somewhat forced and artificial, no rhythm?

I am afraid so. Rather drum-drum-drummy-brang-clangy.

I have marked in two places, please see if they jar your ears.

I am afraid they do.