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, New York, 1972
