He has been quite an inspiration. I still wonder although being totally
blind how he managed to go about without a cane. He did not use guide
dog either.
If any one of you have not read his autobiography, I would strongly urge
to read them.
My heart felt condolence.
Harish
On 12/01/2021 17:29, Kanchan Pamnani wrote:
TM%2F2021%2F01%2F12&entity=ar01312&ts=20210112. 2/2 Renowned Writer Ved
Mehta Dies at 86 Celebrated Indian-American novelist Ved Mehta, who overcame
blindness and became widely known as the 20th-century writer most
responsible for introducing American readers to India, has died at his home
in New York at the age of 86. The New Yorker magazine, where he had been a
staff writer for 33 years, reported that Mehta died on Saturday. Mehta lost
his eyesight when he was three years old to meningitis. He, however, did not
let his impairment get in the way of a flourishing career or stop him from
showcasing his literary prowess to the world. Best known for his 12-volume
memoir, which focused on the troubled modern history of India and his early
struggles with blindness, Mehta's 24 books included volumes of reportage on
India, among them Walking the Indian Streets (1960), Portrait of India
(1970) and Mahatma Gandhi and His Apostles (1977), as well as explorations
of philosophy, theology and linguistics. Mehta composed all of his work
orally, dictating long swaths to an assistant, who read them back again and
again for him to polish until the work shone like a mirror. He could rework
a single article more than a hundred times, he often said, a New York Times
report said on Sunday. PTI
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