Page 32 - Seniorstoday May 2023 Issue

merchandise. Right from nail-cutters, inaudible. The food is not standard. For
makeup stuff, massage equipment, example, two vegetarian meals could be
socks, handkerchiefs, crockery, cutlery, different from each other. The airline staff
chopsticks, ready-to-eat snacks and does not understand the concept of cocktails
foods. You name it and the Japanese have or mocktails. Food from Japan to India has a
10 varieties of the most inane stuff. The lot more and a better variety, whereas food
world’s largest variety of KitKat is available from India to Japan has much fewer choices.
in Japan. There are countless street The aircraft is full with two or three large
bazaars that sell everything from food, tour groups from India. On the way back,
confectionery to home and houseware, and we tried to buy Japanese whisky at the
all kinds of junk merchandise that every airport and strangely it was not available.
tourist buys. Japan was an important tick on my bucket
Travelling to Japan is not easy. ANA, the list. Would I go back? Not really. Japanese
national airlines takes off from Mumbai cities are concrete jungles, over-populated
and you land at Narita Airport. The and everyone is in a tearing hurry. Japan
immigration takes an hour plus. Narita has a large number of world class specialty
airport is tacky, worn out and two hours restaurants. The people are incredibly
away from the city. The ANA hostesses polite, you don’t have to tip, yet it’s not a fun
are slow in service and do not understand place. Some destinations are best watched
English. The announcements are almost on YouTube.

“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want
to give, but cannot. All the unspent love gathers up in the cor-
ners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in the hollow
part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”
– Jamie Anderson

Psychologists believe writing about grief can reduce pain. Research
has found that putting down one’s thoughts about worries and con-
Share cerns can help those looking for ways to cope with their grief.

Your While writing requires motivation, energy and dedication, it’s easy,
less stressful and all one needs is a pen, paper, computer or your
Grief device keypad. You don’t have to talk to anyone about it.

At Seniors Today, we are happy to provide you a forum to publish
your personal accounts. Simply mail them to us at
editor@seniorstoday.in with Share Your Grief in the subject.
Please also include your name and contact number so that we may
contact you in case we wish to make any clarification. While we
would like you to write the first person account with your name,
we will – needless to say – not disclose your information if you
wouldn’t like us to.

32