“Son, I don't have money even to buy poison. Please help”

In a letter to his son Bhalchandra in late 1930s, quoted in Dadasaheb Phalke's family wants Bharat Ratna for him, 27 April 2013, 26 December 2013, Hindustan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Dadasaheb-Phalke-s-family-wants-Bharat-Ratna-for-him/Article1-1051178.aspx?hts0021,
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