YOU ARE JUST AS OLD AS YOU YOURSELF FEEL 43
Age 70 + or thereabouts is a rather difficult place to be in . Nothing can be more apt than the Tamil " ingeyum illai , angeyum illai " or the Hindi " dhobi kaa kutta naa ghar kaa yaa ghat kaa " somehow seem to sum up ones situation more aptly .
The years of toil to make both ends meet and the efforts taken to bring the family to its present state of comfort would have already started to take its toll on your health and general well being . The health related niggles will be conspicuous only by their absence .
It is hard for one to realize that unless one is in a very specialized field , the chances of employment are almost next to nothing . The fact that you still have a little while to go before the final bell does toll , seem to add on to ones misery .
There have been occasions when i have had to manage the house in the absence of my better half . The time frame for these periods have ranged from a couple of days to almost 3 months . Staying as i do in this village , there are always speculations among my friends and relatives as to how i spend my time during such periods .
Being a strict veggie has its own set of problems . To start with there are are no hotels or eating joints that does not have anything to do with a four legged creature or anything that swims , flies or crawls . My prowess is almost rudimentary as far as cooking goes and a better part of almost 2 hours or more is taken for cooking what has to perforce pass off as lunch . The cleaning and watering of the garden takes a better part of an hour .
The visit to the farmland to oversee the paddy cultivation which my son has been thoughtful enough to procure , to keep me occupied fruitfully does keep me occupied both mentally and physically .
Being a lover of music especially of the Hindi vintage variety keeps me in high spirits . The neighbors on either side of my house must be by now as adept with Hindi film music than they would have ever imagined themselves .
The idiot box does keep me occupied , what with all the election related talkshows , chats and surveys at any part of the day or night . That it is one sided at most times is a small matter and does keep me glued on to the TV nonetheless .
Lastly with the smartphone in hand and a fairly fast net connection one is just a click away from all your friends or relatives .
AGE IS JUST A NUMBER AND YOU ARE JUST AS OLD AS YOU FEEL YOURSELF TO BE
There have been occasions when i have had to manage the house in the absence of my better half . The time frame for these periods have ranged from a couple of days to almost 3 months . Staying as i do in this village , there are always speculations among my friends and relatives as to how i spend my time during such periods .
Being a strict veggie has its own set of problems . To start with there are are no hotels or eating joints that does not have anything to do with a four legged creature or anything that swims , flies or crawls . My prowess is almost rudimentary as far as cooking goes and a better part of almost 2 hours or more is taken for cooking what has to perforce pass off as lunch . The cleaning and watering of the garden takes a better part of an hour .
The visit to the farmland to oversee the paddy cultivation which my son has been thoughtful enough to procure , to keep me occupied fruitfully does keep me occupied both mentally and physically .
Being a lover of music especially of the Hindi vintage variety keeps me in high spirits . The neighbors on either side of my house must be by now as adept with Hindi film music than they would have ever imagined themselves .
The idiot box does keep me occupied , what with all the election related talkshows , chats and surveys at any part of the day or night . That it is one sided at most times is a small matter and does keep me glued on to the TV nonetheless .
Lastly with the smartphone in hand and a fairly fast net connection one is just a click away from all your friends or relatives .
AGE IS JUST A NUMBER AND YOU ARE JUST AS OLD AS YOU FEEL YOURSELF TO BE
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