[Letter to Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

A brief single-page administrative letter dated April 8, 1977, jointly signed by K. H. Subramanian, L. R. Sampat, and S. V. Raju from 143 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bombay, and addressed to Minoo Masani at 148 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bombay. The writers acknowledge receipt of Masani’s letter of April 4 and welcome his agreement to arbitrate in a matter for which relevant papers have already been forwarded to him by a Mr. Girish Munshi. They close by requesting an appointment. The document is procedural correspondence rather than substantive argument, and offers no direct thematic content on liberal thought — its interest lies in documenting Masani’s role, in the immediate aftermath of the Emergency, as a trusted arbitrator among figures associated with the Swatantra/Bombay classical-liberal circle.

Key points

• Typewritten letter dated April 8, 1977, on plain letterhead from 143 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bombay 1.
• Signed jointly by K. H. Subramanian, L. R. Sampat, and S. V. Raju, each with a handwritten signature.
• Addressed to Mr. M. R. Masani at 148 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bombay — a very short walk from the senders.
• Acknowledges Masani’s reply of April 4 accepting a request to arbitrate in an unspecified matter.
• Notes that a Mr. Girish Munshi has passed on ‘the relevant papers’ to Masani, indicating a document trail already exists.
• Closes by seeking an appointment to meet Masani in person.
• Content is purely administrative — no thematic argument, no cited works or authors.