THE देव आनंद OF IT:

Accept it? Or fight it? That is often the key question in life.

It's an inevitable ageing process. You can't stop it. But yes, you can delay it. Or these days, you can substantially alter it.

The grand-daddy of it all was the man who just did not want to be a grand-daddy ever. देव साहब, God bless his soul, wanted to romance 17-year old girls when he was hitting his 70s. This ever-lasting youth, that देव साहब tried so hard to bestow upon himself, rather ended up making him a caricature of himself. Once a gentleman full of good looks & charm, देव साहब, in the end, had started looking like a tired old monkey.

Why can't we accept ageing? Why can't we age gracefully? Why does losing hair start to haunt us? Why do we cringe when we see that we have gained weight around the middle?

Yes, I agree that to give in to it & declaring your retirement at the age of 50 is not good. Giving up YouTube & decaying into watching सँस्कार channel is not the best strategy in life.

We must strive to remain energetic & vigorous.

But we must also strive to not cross over to the other side, the side of extremity. And try & defy ageing completely.

There must be a middle road in it somewhere.

I am trying to find it myself.

I really am.