Life begins at 75

Or so it seems, on meeting this dynamic personality from Thane.
Nasser Lalljee gets you acquainted

This gentleman, a retired veterinary surgeon of 75 summers, still find though time to pursue his hobby in astrology. Unbounded love and fondness for wanting to find out about the future caused him to take up astrology as a hobby and thus he specialised in kr ishnamurthy Paddhati' m any years ago. Going in depth in this field took many years and his “I am still learning” attitude endures him to one and all.

He says, “I wake up at about eight in the morning and after tea and bathing, I meditate for about 15 minutes to half an hour. This is then followed by breakfast, after which I get down to the serious business of charting the horoscopes of those who have come to me. It is time consuming, mind teasing and eye tiring. About three to four hours of this is I am ready for lunch and an afternoon nap.

Beating stress has always been my favourite pass time as astrology teaches us that bad times come and go why take stress? Life is only a game, play it fair, take the rough with the smooth and remember that what goes up, must come down. Have faith that it will go up again!

Firstly, I do a lot of shav asana and other asanas in yoga to relax. Secondly, i listen to a lot of music. I read a lot of newspapers, magazines, novels and what ever else I can get my hands on, especially books pertaining to homeopathy, which I also practice. It is self-taught and in this field there is a lot of reading to do.

I used to go for long walks in the evenings but I am a heart patient now, and I have been advised to walk slowly and star close to the building. Here I meet a lot of friends in the evenings that gather in the building compound, help in the solving of recurring problems. This kind of social work keeps me busy and I feel useful. This in turn brings the stress levels down. Most enjoyable are the cricket matches shown on television. As long as you are dispassionate, these are good stress busters or else the stress levels can be dangerous.

The next twelve months are reported to show about two hundred and ninety five days of cricket. Yippee!