This letter is an item removed from printed books in Sraffa’s library. It is labeled
Sraffa I/38 in the archives where I stumbled into it.
15th Oct, 75
Centre for Economic Studies,
Nehru University,
New Delhi 57
Dear Piero Sraffa,
How are you? A lot of things have happened since my return in July to Delhi. Personally, my health was
not too good for some time but has now stabilised somewhat. I had considerable teaching load this
term and have had to devote a lot of time to preparation of lectures etc. I am now writing up a part
of my lectures material – mainly on classical theories of value and distribution. My intention is to
focus on conceptual development and the shift to the supply and demand approach and the implications of
such a methodological shift. What I intend to