My dear Mrs. Mookerjee,

                It was with deep grief that I learnt a few days ago, as I was leaving Geneva for Cairo, that your son, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, had died. The news came as a shock to me for though we may have differed in politics, I respected him aid had affection for him .To you, his mother, the shock must have been very great and I can say little to lessen your sorrow.

             I sent a telegram from Cairo to Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy asking him to convey my deepest sympathy and condolences to you. It is a matter of particular sorrow to me that Shyama Babu's death should have occurred as it did under detention.When I went to Kashmir about five Weeks ago, I enquired particularly as to where he was kept and about his health . I was told that he was being kept, not in any prison but in a private villa on the side of the famous Dal Lake in Srinagar. I found that the Kashmir government was anxious to give him such comfort and amenities as were possible and that he was keeping well. I was happy to learn this at the time. Indeed, I hoped that the healthy climate of Kashimir might lead to an improvement in Shyama Babu's health.

But  it  was not to be so and the shock and sorrow are', therefore, all the greater. I suppose it was beyond human power to do anything and we have to bow to circumstances beyond our control.

To you, revered lady, I offer my respectfully homage and expression of sorrow. If I can be of any service to you, you will please not hesitate to inform me.
                                                                                                                                                                      Yours sincerely,
                                                                                                                                                             Sd. Jawaharlal Nehru
Dear Mr. Nehru,

  Your letter dated 30th June was forwarded to me on the 2nd. of July by Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy. I thank you for your message of condolence and sympathy.

           The nation mourns the passing away of my beloved son. He has died a martyr's death. To  me, his mother. the sorrow is too deep and sacred to be expressed. I am not writing to you to seek my consolation But what I do demand of you is justice. My son died in detention-a detention without trial. In your letter you have tried to impress that Kashmir

Government has done all that should have been done. You base your impression on the assurances and information you have received .What is the value, I ask, of such information when it .comes from persons who themselves should stand trial? You say, you had visited Kashmir during my son's detention. You speak of the affection you had for him. But what prevented you, I wonder, from meeting him there personally and satisfying yourself about his health and arrangements?

     His death is shrouded in mystery. Is it not most astounding and shocking that ever since his detention there, the first information that I, his mother, received from the Government of Kashmir was that my son was no more and that also at least two hours after the end? And in what a cruel cryptic way the message was conveyed! Even the telegram from my son that he had been removed to the hospital reached us here after the tragic pews of his death, There is definite information that my son had not been keeping well practically from the beginning of his detention. He had been positively ill a number of times and for successive periods. Why did not, I ask the Government of Kashmir or your Government, to send any information whatsoever to me and my family?