In the introduction to his book Glimpses of Bengal (1885-1895), Rabindranath Tagore writes about letters:
He felt “the writing of letters… to be a delightful necessity” which he considered as “a form of literary extravagance only possible when a surplus of thought and emotion accumulates”.
– Rabindranath and Bangladesh: The umbilical cord
(Featured image: outside the Victoria Memorial, Calcutta, 2013)