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Alaimentary
Divestment, Detachment and
Deportment in Senescence
Quite simply, we need to prepare for our terminal journey, writes Nagesh Alai
Nalini Ashokan, a mid-sexagenarian, has funds and real estate and her passion
had a successful near-four decades career indulgences like art and antiquities.
in management consultancy and has been She was a voracious reader, as was her
into her superannuated phase for a few husband, and their two sons too imbibed
years now. A rigorous work schedule for the reading habit. Their home was lined
most part of her working life had kept with book shelves donning books on a
her preoccupied rather without let-up, wide range of subjects and was a veritable
save for those periodic but treasured library.
travels and outings with her family and Her elder son had married a few years ago
loved ones. Professional socialising was and the couple had recently moved out in
aplenty, driven more by the inescapable search of primacy and privacy of leading
networking needs to ensure professional their own independent lives. Her younger
growth, rather than any meaningful and son had moved to the Silicon Valley of
deep relationships. Amid all this, as a India and had no plans to get back to his
responsible spouse, mother and the bread city of birth. The regular companionship
winner, she had consistently devoted of the past with her children was slowly
her time in bringing up her children and transitioning to irregular interactions,
educating them, maintaining an even-keel given their brisk and buzzing lives. Her
relationship, as best as possible, with her husband too had retired and grappling
spouse who could have done better in life, with an inactive non-professional
investing monies wisely in shares, mutual existence. Her professional colleagues and
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