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she wrote to him 'on October 8, 1928 while she was coming back to India from'Paris, She writes: 'Darling - thank you for all you have done. If everin mybearing -'- your once lined sense found any in aQiuty or kindness-be assured thatm

ths I~dta~.,De'l~~atJ?l\sJ9Wl:e ~r~Il.f/~llij~lb~. H.eJ''Y~~qstW~;";w~~e niillio~yfMuslim girls.in /did, although she supplied ~im BOOK NAME:. Roses in Decem- Security Council (Qn. Kashrilir),.... dlgqfult,andrefuse:Qto cPlIDte,.; ;JRdla; Why did you not marry .the ,gre~test provocation ber (AnAutobiography) to Ottawa, UN~S.g9;,~pdt~e;naneeany su~jpea.'W;Wc,h:'ap:.,;'_,one of t~e~?' to which, of 'throughout their married lif~. AUTIlOR: M C Chagla . U.N.,GeneralAssentbt.~. peared to ;,hlill, aps:uld" and ..course, Jinnah could-have no . "I remember her walking PUBLISHER:Bharatiya Vidya "Shri Chagla was tli~:'redpi~ fantastic .. 1 '.. ,.' ":,':, '.' answer. . . ' . intoJinnah's chamberswhile ent of hOl1or;uy Degrees of . 'Therewas. ~ttemioiIs6PI10-":.... "Jinnahs marriage; unfortu- .wewere in the midst of a conBhavan- Bombay ,DATE OFPUBLICATION: 1973 , Doctor of Laws.from several sition to. the m#ri,ag~:.There'"nately;wasan unhappy failure ference, dressed in a manner The following excerpt has been Universities both in,India and 'was also some litigation, in ' . whichwould be calledf~t even by modern standards, taken from Pages: 119 - 121 .' abroad. He was a'Fellow of the court.'themain 0Nection . '. 'Bombay University and Hon.- being-the disp;uity. ",'. perch herself upon urist, Judge, education- Fellow of.Lincoln College,Ox- ill.a. g~ b. etween. ,i Jinnah's table, ist, diplomat, Central ford, and was President of the the two. per" ' dangling her Cabinet Minister and. Supreme Court Bar Associa- .soils' CO'n~1 feet, and statesman, Shri M. C. Chagla tion." .. , ... c e.r n e'd . waiting-for was born at the turn of the cenRUTTIE AND JINNAH andalso Jinnah ".to tury. He was educated in Bom- "The story about Jinnah's mar- theJact finish. the bay at St. Xavier's High School riage is extremely interesting, that Jincon fer and Colle~e after which he ~d I.do believe i~is auth.entic. n a.h .ence so went to Lincoln College, Ox- SIr Dmshaw Petit and Jinnah w aIJ te d that they ford, where he became Presi- were great friends, and the for- to ~OI\Vei;t , could leave dent of the Indian Majlis.After mer was very fond of the latter Ruttie to ;.:' , together. Jin-. graduating from there with and admired his stout-hearted Islam before nah never utHonours, he was called to the nationalism and also his im- marrying her. " tered a word of Bar from the Inner Temple.Re- pressive Personality. Once, Sir Butboth J~~ and' protest, and carried turning to India, he taught Law Dinshaw invited Jinnah to Ruttie were 'adamant, .. .' .. on Withhis work as if she at the Government Law. Cor, spend his holidays with him in and the marriagetook place..Sir::" were riot there at all. One can lege, Bombay.He became sue- DjeeJing. Ruttie..the' future DiJ.1S~awriever .f.orgav\,\'hi~ . IIuttie a";d Jinnah', Wellimagine how the patience cessively a Puisne Judge of the . '~.Jinnah, WIIS alSb'there,.and daughter, never saw-her again; ,... ,. .' ofa' man of Jinnah's temper High Court at Bombay and its "Jinnah and she came'int9Closei and even when she diedhe re.i " .~ must have been taxed.' ChiefJustice. '., . contact; and deci<\ed'te' get fused to attend the funeral or as might have peen expected. _ ~Ialso remember a Muslim "Whileon the Bench he was married, Jinnah ,tl\E;,n{~ent to even.to see the /;lOqy. There is a; . Ruttie had/married Jinnah be-. League,meeting in the Globe als? Vic~-Chanct:llor of Bombay Sir ~in~a~ an~x~ed him curiq~,~e~~elto al!,this. - . ca~~'ofthe glamourof his per- .Cinemain Bomb~y when JinUniversity, served on the Law what, hIS views were about, ., "JpmaJi~~d9r:tly one daugh- ,.sonality,and there was nothing riah was the President of the . Commission, became Acting inter'!(wmmunal' marriages. Sir,' ter, 'ld t~if~toty 'also, I have 'in. common,between them. In, Leagueand I was the Secretary. I Governorof BombayandAdHoe Diilshawr!lillyoff his guanl, ex- . .r:e,flSOn\pbtllieye; i~true. She temperament .they were poles' I was in the hall early as I had to Judge of the InternationalCourt pressed lns emphanc opinion <w~t~d to marry aParsi Delong- apart. Jinnah Usedto pore over look' after the arrangements, of Justice at the Hague. There- that it'would coit,S\derably help ~ng' to .a distipguished family, his briefs every day, and what and in walked Ruttie, dressed in after for three' years he was national integration and might She as1<e(i'he'r ,father's.consent little time he had to spare was the manner 1 have just deIndia'sAmbassadorto the U.S.A, ultimately prove to be the final to the marriage. Jinnah, in his given to politics. Ruttie, as a scribed, up to the platform and for one y~ai High Commis- solution to inter-communalan- usual imperious manner, told YQung woman, was fond of life whereshe took 'her seat. The' sioner for Indiain the U.K tagonism. Thereupon Jinnah her that there' were millions of and of the frivolities of youth. hall was fun of bearded Moul"Asa meinber of the Indian calmlytold him that he wanted Muslim.boys in India' and she They gradually drifted from vies and Maulanas and they Cabinet, flrstas Minister of Ed- to marry his daughter. Sir Din- 'could have anyoneshe chose. each other. But I must say in came to me in great indignaucation and later of External shaw was taken aback. He had Then the young lady, who was fairness to Jinnah that no hus- tion, and asked me who that , Affairs, he came into the lime- not realized that his remarks more than a match for her fa- band could have treated his woman was. They demanded light of Indian politics. 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leave, as. th.e clothes she flaunted constituted an offence to Islamic eyes. I told .themthat they should shut their eyes as the lady in question was the President'swife; and I couldnot possibly ask her to leave the hall. "After the two had drifted apart,Ruttie oftencarne to Mrs. Naidu'sroom at the Taj,as both of them were closely attached' to each other. I used to meet her there, and was always enchanted by her grace, her beauty,and the uninhibitedway in which she conducted herself. As I said, Jinnah treated h~r wonderfully well, and paid. without a murmur all the bills which were necessitated by the luxurious life she led. She was for 'sometime in hospital in Paris; and Jinnah saw to her every comfort regardless of cost. I was present at her funeraL That was the only time when I found Jinnah betraying some shadow of human weakness: there were actually tears in his eyes. It was, indeed, a tragic sight to see s.omeo,ne ~o young and so beautifullyrng in the cold embrace of death: "Khwaja Razi Haider in his book 'Ruttie Jinnah: The Story, Told & Untold' published by Pakistan Study Centre, University of Karachi on page #143144 writes: 'Bolitho mentions that she was staying in Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay. Anyhow, she was not in Jinnah's house, but even so she retained her love for Jinnah till her last breath as reflects from a letter

as close to the reality of life - (which after all is death) as I have been, dearest - one only remembers the beautiful and tender moments - and all the rest becomes a half veiled mist of unrealities: Try and remember me' beloved as the flower you plucked and not the flower you tread upon.' "'I have suffered much sweetheart because I have lovedmuch. The measure of my agonyhas been in accord to the measure of my love. "Darling I love you - I love you - and had I loved you1just a little less - I migqtJmv~ remained with you f' only a~er one has created a-verybeautiful blossom one does not-dear it through the ... mire. The higher you set your ideal the lower it falls.' , '''I have loved you my darling as it is given to few men to be loved. I only beseech you that our tragedy, which commenced with love; should also end with it. Darlinggood night, and good-bye.' Ruttie . ':,S'.I had ~ritte~ to ~ou at Pans with the Intention of posting the letter here, but 1felt that 1 would rather write to you afresh from the [sicl of my heart.' "Ruttie occasionally wrote letters to Jinnah, but there are few in Quaid-i-Azam Papers, and except one letter all are embargoed, whatever the reasons may be, but it is obvious that she loved Jinnah from the depth of her soul.". . salimansar52@gmail.com