Who is Hemadpant, and what was his character like before he began writing about Sai Baba?

Hemadpant is the name used by the author of the 'Sai Leela' book, as mentioned at the end of every chapter. In Chapter 2, he pauses the main narrative to satisfy the reader's curiosity about this name. He candidly describes his former self as someone who would seem an unlikely candidate to write a spiritual text. He states that he was "mischievous, talkative, cynical, and critical." Far from being a humble devotee, he was "always proud of his own wisdom" and had a "logic-driven mind" prone to argumentation. He confesses that he initially "knew nothing of the Satguru's greatness" and possessed a "bad intellect." This self-description provides a stark contrast that highlights the transformative power of Sai Baba's grace, which turned an arrogant intellectual into a devoted scribe.