Chides Madhava Rao for not writing. Sends news about an interview with C.V. Raman regarding a council position with the Indian Academy of Sciences, and his own travels to Mysore. Mentions a request made by the principal of Central College, Bangalore to the vice-chancellor ahead of a visit by the University Grants Commission for a cyclotron, cost of which was estimated at five lakhs. Request was apparently laughed at.