Letter written on 25 Sep 1968
From 1957 to 1963, Osho wrote many letters to Babulal Ji Deriya, of Babai (MP), India. The wiki has images of quite a few of them. Most so far have been written on postcards. This one was written on a paper which appears to have an original hand-made letterhead-like "logo" in the upper-right corner, which is currently undecipherable. See the Letters section of Osho's manuscripts for links to all the letters to Deriya Ji that we have.
For this letter, no envelope or address / postmark is available. Moreover, he has not addressed Deriya Ji by name as he has in most of his other letters. For example, he would write "Poojya Deriya Ji" or "Shraddheya Deriya Ji" (venerable, honoured), later using the more familiar "Priya Deriya Ji" (dear, beloved), but here he has begun his letter only with "Chidatman", a "generic" greeting he has used in a number of his letters. Thus, we cannot be entirely sure it IS sent to Deriya Ji, and are awaiting confirmation.
This letter appears to be dated 25th September 1962, but the hand-written date is not entirely legible, so we are awaiting confirmation on that as well. It is not known to have been previously published but appears to be in line to be published eventually in a larger edition of Prem Ke Swar (प्रेम के स्वर) (as letter #68). In it, Osho says he is very happy to hear of a recovery from a significant illness. This possibly refers to an illness mentioned in a letter he had written to Deriya Ji two years earlier.
A transcription and translation may become available.
