Act III, Scene 4
(Baroda. Aurobindo’s room. Absorbed in studies. Enter Dinendra Kumar.)DINENDRA: A telegram for you.
AUROBINDO (after reading it): Ramesh Babu — Ramesh Chandra Dutta — arrives to-morrow from Bengal. We must make all necessary arrangements for him.
DINENDRA: Keshta! Keshta!
(Enter Keshta.)
KESHTA: Babu, Babu.
DINENDRA: To-morrow a very, very great man comes from Bengal. So your cooking must be especially fine.
KESHTA: Easily done, Sir. But one thing. We have run short of spices and ghee.
DINENDRA (handing the servant a five-rupee note): Buy spices and ghee from the market, and don’t forget to get potatoes, cauliflowers and green mangoes.
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, The Descent of the Blue, Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse, 1972
