The 52nd death. [Text by Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan; the self-portrait is of the author in her 30s with Pablo, the inspiration behind her cat breed project] Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan died on January 2, 2082. She had just turned one hundred this past December, and wanted to be the world’s oldest person, beaten out by Kimi Durbang of Nepal, who continues to hold the record at 163. Despite her excellent health, Ms Madhavan’s dreams could not come true as she caught a cold immediately after her birthday and rapidly went downhill. Ms Madhavan was the author of 60 books—including 12 for children—and the Booker award winning novel Young Days: My Life In India’s 1980s, a part fiction, part memoir book that was described