Sri Aurobindo
The Mother

to Prithwi Singh

Correspondence (1933-1967)

6 March 1949

Prithwi Singh — Mother

Ma douce Mère,

With regard to proof-reading... I would like to propose the following arrangement for the reading of Sri Aurobindo's books for your kind consideration....

As my work is increasing in the matter of book sales, correspondence, accounts, etc., added by the further difficulty due to want of space and helpers, it would be difficult for me to see more than one format a day, but as many books are waiting to be reprinted sometimes they would be needing two formats a day in order that the machine may not remain idle... I am seeing Essays on the Gita, Series I, and along with it Bases of Yoga has also to be seen. This Ranju can do, and he told me that he is quite willing to do, if you approve, Mother. Of course, for bigger books like The Life Divine and the Essays I shall try to do as much as I can to go through the proof-reading work....

With regards to the Letters — 2^nd Series, a few mistakes unfortunately have remained.... For these mistakes Kishore Gandhi¹ was bullying Dasgupta.² He forgets that after he had seen and put his signature more than three dozen errors have been corrected. I have told Dasgupta not to mind these things, and he also very nicely said that if Sri Aurobindo scolded him he would take it as his blessing, as his prasād. I am sorry for the mistakes I have overlooked and pray that you will forgive me, Mother.

With deep devotion I prostrate myself at Thy Feet and offer my pranams.

Prithwi Singh

Your proposal is quite all right and has my approval.

With my love and blessings

Mother
6 March 1949

¹ A disciple then working for the Bombay Circle. Later, he was to be the editor of Sri Aurobindo's letters in the Centenary edition.

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² Noren Dasgupta, manager of the Ashram Press. Previously he was with the Arya Publishing House, besides being a professor of philosophy at the Dacca University.

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