Rethink Ageing: Lessons in Ageing from the Older and Bolder Generation

With India projected to have over 300 million senior citizens by 2050, urban seniors are actively reshaping what it means to grow old. The book addresses how older generations are adapting to nuclear families, handling isolation, and creating their own social support networks to practice preventative healthcare

• • Nidhi Chawla and Reshmi Chakraborty are prominent advocates for senior well-being and the co-founders of Silver Talkies, a well-known social enterprise dedicated to creating engaging, active lifestyles for older adults in India. They have spent years researching ageism and designing active-ageing frameworks.

• • The text shares remarkable accounts of senior citizens defying traditional expectations. It profiles people like sixty-six-year-old Veena Iyer, who earned a degree in dance movement therapy, and eighty-seven-year-old B.R. Janardan, who took up running after sixty and completed sixteen full marathons. By discussing sensitive topics like finding romantic companionship late in life or starting a second career, the authors offer a comforting blueprint showing that chronological age should never limit a person's dreams