BBC News – Future
By Catherine Davison
16th March 2023
When Gayatri thinks of her husband, the first thing that she remembers is his voice. “He used to never stop talking,” she recalls fondly.
One evening in early 2019, Suresh had arrived home from the areca palm nut plantation where he worked complaining of a headache, and had quietly taken himself off to bed. His mumbled goodnight was among the last thing Gayatri would hear him say. Four days later, his health rapidly deteriorating, he had a stroke which left him permanently unable to talk.