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    Contemplating old age in a new era

    Kolkata: Senior citizens celebrate New Year 2023 at an old age home in Kolkata on Jan 1, 2023. (Photo: Ashok Nath Dey/IANS)

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    Independent old age options are being seriously considered and acted upon by many of my contemporaries. This is irrespective of whether they are single or not and regardless of whether their kith and kin most often children in India or abroad have indicated that they need to look for such options in the first place. My best friend's teenaged daughter has very rashly declared she will look after her mom and two besties forever, but we won't hold her to her word!

    One of the most iconic books in the Bengali literary pantheon is Thakumar Jhuli, loosely translated as Grandma’s Bag. Compiled and published by Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar in 1913, its stories have been told to generations of Bengali children ever since, by their grandparents and parents. While the author collected those folk tales from village elders during upcountry trips, the image of a granny telling stories to an audience of rapt children
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