Mirrored Voices

I woke up in a fit of anticipation. I was going to interview Satya Mohan Joshiji, the 95-year-old cultural historian. The previous evening, I had dropped by his house but was told that he was about to go out to inaugurate a conference and we could not talk then. He asked me to come back on the morning of 25 April 2015 at 9 am.

When I arrived, Satya Mohanji told me he did not wish his talk to be recorded as he was not really prepared and did not want to make “mistakes.” I had heard from Kanak Mani Dixit that Satya Mohanji was unwell—he had had a stroke. He now told me about it and said he could not speak for too long at a stretch.