Nirodbaran
Correspondence with Sri Aurobindo
The Complete Set
I have no objection to N's eyes being treated by R.
It is not a question of his eyes. If R treats him, he will forbid all allopathic medicines for his other ailments. That is the point I put to N which he seems not to understand at all.
If it is l and not r why do they pronounce Achanchar? Is it like our saying āṁra1 instead of āma2? Oh, the very word āma takes you, Sir, to the land of – !
God knows! I have not heard their pronunciation. But it is all right. R and L are however supposed to be phonetically interchangeable since the beginnings of human speech.
08.01.1936
1 āmra: mango (Beng.)
2 mango (Beng.)