Eternally grateful to you Adv. Sonak The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them -- Czeslaw Milosz (The Issa Valley) S ometimes a single meeting can change the course of one's life. For me, my encounter with Adv. Satish Sonak, in the May of 2005, was such a meeting. Some people had come together at Azad Maidan in Panaji to discuss current issues afflicting the State -- from politics to environment to issues of governance and policy decisions. I was a working journalist then and out of curosity slowly slipped into the gathering wanting to know what was in it for me. I heard many of those gathered speak -- sharing their impressions, discussing and debating without end. Then I saw a man in his 40s. His voice was rather hoarse, but he gave the impression of being completely at ease. At first, I couldn't grasp what he was talking about, but then he made penetrating comments on different topics, from the burning questions of daily life t