Sanjiban's Correspondence with The Mother

16 December 1933

O my Mother,

I have done two sketches of the whole body. They are not coming out well. I don’t know how I can improve them.

There is some improvement; in fact they would be good except for the forearms that are weak and the hands which are far too small (especially in the standing picture).

Open your hand and place it on your face, fingers up, you will see that a normal hand goes from the chin to the top of the forehead. I have marked on the standing figure the size the hand ought to have.

16 December 1933