Sri Aurobindo and Mother to Prithwi Singh

8 November 1934

Mother,

I have just received photos of my children.... As the boys except the eldest are at Santiniketan they have done the photographing themselves—hence this poor result.

The photographs are too small and vague. Still Mother will look at them most carefully to find if anything can be seen.

Along with the photographs I got a letter from my brother that leaves me astonished at the audacity of relatives. My wife died just two years back on the "bijaya dasami" day and neither I nor any of our children had ever seen her "ghost"¹⁵. I do not believe either in "pinda"¹⁶ and such rubbish unspiritual things that pass by the name of religion. I am intending to write a particularly strong letter and give these fellows a bit of my mind, but I should very much like to know from you, Mother, about the truth of these matters.

Of course, it is all nonsense.

Sri Aurobindo