When I sat down with Vir Sanghvi, I had done what all interviewers do.

I had read about the youngest editor, the columnist who shaped Indian journalism, the television interviewer who made politicians uncomfortable and celebrities surprisingly honest, the food writer who could tell the story of a city through its kitchens, and the entrepreneur who built something entirely new when most people would have happily rested on a lifetime of accomplishments.

I had my questions ready.

What I wasn't prepared for was that almost every answer would quietly dismantle the premise behind the question.

"So tell me about your childhood," I began.