Letter to Mr Minoo Masani

Summary

This single-page letter, sent from the Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office in New Delhi on June 8, 1963, forwards three cartoons from leftist newspapers in the capital to M. R. Masani, the party’s General Secretary. A. P. Jain identifies the papers as Patriot, Century, and Link, and briefly explains that Century was a new weekly started by Krishna Menon after he had fallen out with Link.

Key points

• The letter is dated June 8, 1963, and is issued on Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office letterhead.
• A. P. Jain sends three enclosed cartoons to M. R. Masani.
• The cartoons are drawn from leftist papers published in the capital.
• The named papers are Patriot, Century, and Link.
• Century is described as a new weekly started by Krishna Menon.
• The letter attributes Century’s creation to Krishna Menon’s falling out with Link.