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[Mr. Sinclair (1878-1968), novelist, socialist and opponent of militarism, sent two of his books to Gandhiji. Mammon art (1925) is a history of art and culture in their relation to propertied classes. Mental Radio is a record of experiments in mental telepathy. Gandhiji had known of Upton Sinclair for many years, and had referred to him in Indian Opinion of June 16, 1906.]
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Yeravda Central Prison
October 30, 1930
Dear friend,
I read your Mammon art with absorbing interest and Mental Radio with curiosity. The former has given me much to think, the latter did not interest me. Nobody in India would, I think, doubt the possibility of telepathy but most would doubt the wisdom of its material use.
I will now avail myself of your kind offer and ask you to send me your other volumes or such as you think I should read.
Yours sincerely,
M. K. GANDHI
Upton Sinclair, Esq.
Station P.,
Pasadena, California
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Dear friend,
I was thankful to hear from you after a long time. You have mailed your books to
Ahmedabad. My headquarters just now are Ashram, Wardha. Therefore
probably the books are still somewhere in transit. I am looking forward to receiving both The Cry for Justice and Campaign. If you don't mind, I would like you to send a fresh parcel so that if the parcel already sent miscarries I may not be without the books.
Yours sincerely,
Upton Sinclair, Esq.
Station A,
Pasadena, California
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