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he sang, like that. They created atmosphere. His voice was very strong and many people were impressed. We were all impressed by the atmosphere
created. In the evenings from time to time we used to hear his songs. Q. : Have you read any of his literary works? A. : Literary ? ...... I don't know. Perhaps one or two poems in Sri Aurobindo's
translation, ...(inaudible)... We were interested in his correspondence, you see! Sri Aurobindo translated some of his poems also and helped him also in literary ways. Some poems we have read. They are really good poems in English. All of them are translated then into English. But all of them in
Bengali, I have not read much. Q: Would you like to comment on the language he has used in his poems? A. : See, as far as his poetic works are concerned, they have a sense of rhythm
and metre because he was a musician and he experimented a lot in this field, you see, he tried to sing in foreign music also. So, his sense of metre and other things and as far as English is concerned there are a very few people, very few. ...(inaudible)... But about Bengali, I don't know, I can't say also. We only heard that they were made into songs ... inaudible)... He used to write a lot. I met him later in Poona also, when he began to stay there. I went there and collected all his letters and microfilmed them in Poona itself. Then I came here and again he wanted those letters and wanted to microfilm them for second time and then returned them. I also helped him in publication of his books also. So I had some correspondence with him. Among the Great was published by Jaico. So, I was instrumental
in doing these things. . Q.: Though he was a close disciple of Sri Aurobindo, he went on testing Sri
Aurobindo's patience by raising questions and doubts and queries. What
was your reaction at that time ? A. : You see, those were the days when everybody wrote to Sri Aurobindo. You
see, he received letters in a day very often and his letters were long. ...(inaudible)... If there was any question, personal question, regarding sadhana or any kind, Sri Aurobindo replied him personally, like that. Three times a day he replied. And in the case of Dilip, there used to be more often. Immediately he used to reply them. And his replies were longer. He was very ... (inaudible).... He did not mind it. You see, Sri Aurobindo was that way very good to Dilip and very friendly to Dilip. He can raise any question with him ...(inaudible)... and he can argue with him also.
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