And although Baba has never once even hinted or blamed me for it, nevertheless, it has made me feel uneasy for quite some time and I believe that your reply to this letter will relieve me of this feeling. Sometime when an opportunity arises for a personal interview with you, we will both have an occasion for explanations.
Please note that Shri Baba will be leaving India for the West within 15 to 20 days.
Yours, F. H. Dadachanji
Gandhi replied to Chanji's letter:
3 November 1932 Yeravda Mandir Brother Shri Dadachanji,
Received your letter today. You wrote, "Baba said... " and drew a red pencil line, quite thick, under the word said .
If Baba has not "said" through the board but has "said" with the tongue, then may I not take it that my letter has the power to make Baba break his silence? And thus, one is driven to accept that the Age of Miracles has not yet passed away!
Please tell Baba that that which he dictated on his board in Gujarati was sweet of him indeed! I may not agree with all of what Baba "said" (through the board) in Gujarati and I hope to have a hot discussion some day when we meet personally, God willing, for such a thing is not possible through correspondence.
Also tell Baba that the "Dosaji's" promise will not be in vain. If Baba wrote in Gujarati and I approved, then I will surely edit his writings. Was this not the condition?
To have heard from you that spirituality includes everything — politics, economics, ethics, social and civil and all other kinds of services — is more than sufficient for me.
I like the claim of friendship you put forth. But I feel that it is quite unnecessary to garnish friendship with the term of "loving friend," because a friendship bereft of love cannot endure.
You have no cause to feel disheartened. Misunderstandings do crop up frequently, but where there is a will to clear up all misunderstandings, there cannot be any obstruction created nor harm done.
Where will you all go, and for how long, on this trip to the West? And do tell Baba that I cannot understand all this daudam-daud [hustle-bustle touring]!
Mohandas Gandhi
In reply to Gandhi, Chanji wrote:
November 8, 1932 Nasik Dear Mahatmaji,
Received your letter of the 3rd. Shri Baba felt happy to read its contents.