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Alaimentary
Presage & Age
It is best not to let your IQ yield to the EQ. After all, none of us are in absolute
control of ours or for that matter others’ lives and neither was it meant to be,
writes Nagesh Alai
Navin Vora (name changed), aged 85, in their 80s, have their children settled
an automobile engineer did exceedingly abroad. Mr Srivastava is of good health,
well in his corporate life, was married to but Mrs Srivastava is dependent and
a lovely homemaker, and had brought wheelchair bound. A practical man of
up his two children with care and world wisdom and experience, he chose to move
class education. He retired about a score to an assisted old age home down south
ago and was leading a happy retired life in Kovai (Coimbatore). The community
with his wife in his airy apartment and complex provides for all possible assistance
feeling proud about his children. His and medical care that the aged may need and
son is a top-echelon executive in a well- an ecosystem of healthy eating and group S Kumar
known technology company and is doing activities.
exceedingly well, thanks to his high Mrs Sreedevi Chandran (name changed),
education and competence. His daughter a widow aged 86, lives all alone in a distant
is married and well settled. Everything suburb. Both her children live abroad, busy
was going fine till his wife’s sudden death in their respective calling. Her children stay
earlier this year. After a brief stay with his in touch with her regularly and order her
son, today, he is lodged in an old age home, daily needs on Amazon (talk of beneficent
bereft of the companionship of his late wife technology) and try their best to ensure her
and any feelings of his children. Navin Vora comfort. She has a set of good neighbours
is in decent health, but would never have (god bless them) who are supportive and
imagined that he would find himself in this keep a check on her.
situation. Extremely gregarious and witty, Another known person gave away all his
full of zest for life, he is desolate today and a wealth and home in advance to his children,
shadow of his former self. thinking that they will take care of him.
Mr and Mrs Srivastava (name changed), Unfortunately, to cut a long story short, he is
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