Ma douce Mère,Sri Aurobindo
The Mother
to Prithwi Singh
Correspondence (1933-1967)
3 February 1948
Prithwi Singh — Mother
Ma douce Mère,
As Keshavdeo1 is insisting on his point in spite of your silence, perhaps it is better to give him a reply — departmentally. I have drafted a reply which you will kindly change, Mother, wherever you think necessary. He thinks that by troubling you thus he will have his point: therefore I thought that it would be better to give him a straightforward reply. Also his constant reference to his offerings “all this money belongs to you” smacks of a typical Marwari mentality. Besides he is trying to exploit too much the money he has offered for the publication work. However you will do, Mother, as you think best.
With deep devotion I offer my pranams at your Feet.
Prithwisingh
Certainly you can send the letter although it may be that Keshavdev won't like it. It may help him to see the problem through a new angle.
With my love and blessings.
Mother
3 February 1948
1 Keshav Dev Poddar, the future Navajata, who a few days after Mother's departure appointed himself president of the Sri Aurobindo Society in her place, and went on to extend his hold over the Ashram and Auroville.