Gokhale San and the Wabun Typewriter

I first met Gokhale-san coincidentally in 2008 when we were both hired as interpreters for an assignment in Mumbai. I had absolutely no idea that he was a well-known figure within the Japanese language community in India.

At Gokhale-San's Residence in Pune

13 years later, again quite coincidentally, over a conversation with Prashant Pardeshi -sempai of NINJAL on Zoom, he mentioned that Gokhale-san, well know

So I was surprised