The Elderlies of India
‘The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows about the exceptions.’ So, what do you know about elderlies? I am pretty sure you call them old people or buddhe log, in Hindi. Many of you may even have grandparents. But, do we realize how much they are taken for granted? Of course, we all love our grandparents, but you have to admit that we do not give enough importance to their wisdom. Rather, we take it as nonsense and do what we want. We do not realize their prudence and condition until we are of the same age. We realize their resilience much later and think, being old is hard! I also think that listening to our grandparents’ stories, the old classics have become something that we think listening to makes us appear childish and we think, I’d rather watch stories on Youtube. But, we also regret this when we no longer have them. Yes, they are old fashioned and some are too much immersed in rituals and puja of god, but we should understand that they...