M.N. Srinivas, Department of Sociology, University of Delhi, thanks Ravi (nickname or family name of V Siddhartha) for his Feb 7, 1968 letter, and regrets delay in his response. Srinivas is a family friend of V. Siddhartha. He expresses that he is in "a terrible rate race living from lecture to lecture and meeting to meeting". Appreciates Siddhartha's interest in sociology and article written by Siddhartha.