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From 1957 to 1963, Osho wrote many letters to [[Sw Swarajyanand Samarth|Babulal Ji Deriya]], of Babai (MP), India. The wiki has images of | From 1957 to 1963, Osho wrote many letters to [[Sw Swarajyanand Samarth|Babulal Ji Deriya]], of Babai (MP), India. The wiki has images of thirteen, believed for now to be all of them. Most are written on postcards. See Deriya Ji's page or the [[Osho's Manuscripts#Letters|Letters section of Osho's manuscripts]] for links to all these letters. | ||
For the Post Office, Osho used his full name as above. In addressing him personally, he wrote "Poojya Deriya Ji" or "Shraddheya Deriya Ji" (venerable, honoured), only later using the more familiar "Priya Deriya Ji" (dear, beloved), but all following his sometime custom of addressing male friends by their last names. See also Lashkariji, Punglia Ji, etc. | For the Post Office, Osho used his full name as above. In addressing him personally, he wrote "Poojya Deriya Ji" or "Shraddheya Deriya Ji" (venerable, honoured), only later using the more familiar "Priya Deriya Ji" (dear, beloved), but all following his sometime custom of addressing male friends by their last names. See also Lashkariji, Punglia Ji, etc. | ||
This postcard is dated 5th July 1957 and sent from Gadarwara. It | This postcard is dated 5th July 1957 and sent from Gadarwara. An English translation was published in [[Sw Ageh Bharti]]'s book ''[[Beloved Osho]]'', and likely the Hindi original version was published previously in one of Ageh's Hindi books. It is said also to be in line to be published eventually in a larger edition of ''[[Prem Ke Swar (प्रेम के स्वर)]]'' (as letter #59), though this development appears not to be fast-tracked. In the letter, Osho mentions a visit to [[Wikipedia:Pachmarhi|Pachmarhi]] in Satpura National Park, where he developed a headache that prevented him from carrying on to Babai to visit Deriya Ji. He also mentions he will go next to [[Wikipedia:Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Sagar]]. | ||
[[category:Unpublished Hindi (hi:अप्रकाशित हिंदी)|Letter 1957-07-05]] | [[category:Unpublished Hindi (hi:अप्रकाशित हिंदी)|Letter 1957-07-05]] | ||
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From 1957 to 1963, Osho wrote many letters to Babulal Ji Deriya, of Babai (MP), India. The wiki has images of thirteen, believed for now to be all of them. Most are written on postcards. See Deriya Ji's page or the Letters section of Osho's manuscripts for links to all these letters.
For the Post Office, Osho used his full name as above. In addressing him personally, he wrote "Poojya Deriya Ji" or "Shraddheya Deriya Ji" (venerable, honoured), only later using the more familiar "Priya Deriya Ji" (dear, beloved), but all following his sometime custom of addressing male friends by their last names. See also Lashkariji, Punglia Ji, etc.
This postcard is dated 5th July 1957 and sent from Gadarwara. An English translation was published in Sw Ageh Bharti's book Beloved Osho, and likely the Hindi original version was published previously in one of Ageh's Hindi books. It is said also to be in line to be published eventually in a larger edition of Prem Ke Swar (प्रेम के स्वर) (as letter #59), though this development appears not to be fast-tracked. In the letter, Osho mentions a visit to Pachmarhi in Satpura National Park, where he developed a headache that prevented him from carrying on to Babai to visit Deriya Ji. He also mentions he will go next to Sagar.
