As they say, “Age is just a number”, probably it’s true to a high extent. Our frailty may impact the ageing bones, but then the wrinkles of experience are the picasso paintings of our mental agility.
The good old days of retirement life where seniors were seen as old furniture and kept in one corner of the room is fast changing. The new age crop of oldies (pun intended) are the rocking chair, they are not the ones to just sit around the whole day and read newspapers.
The larger point of debate is, is there a cut-off age to leave our youth behind or the concept of active ageing is actually increasing with each decade?
What I see is that different economic and social groups in India are exploring their own avenues to remain young. A lot of seniors are indulging in new hobbies, have started travelling more, have started organising parties and many other activities.
The shift from being dependent to being independent is becoming a reality. In today’s day and age, seniors want to live their life on their own terms, which is independent of their children. They don’t want interference or too many suggestions from children and do not want to step on each other’s shoes.
In a nutshell, seniors are no more the archives in a library, they are the books in the library which people want to read.
As it is said, Don’t judge a book by its cover is probably true, because age old wisdom is found only in the dusty books and not on WhatsApp.
