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Meet Mrs. Meenu Dasgupta
Meet our beloved senior Mrs. Meenu Dasgupta, who turns 92 on 21st October 2019. To celebrate this wonderful occasion, her daughter Sanghamitra shares few lines with us. The word ‘mother’ itself evokes a special feeling in everyone which is beyond explanation. I am no exception. On the 21st of this month, my mother, Mrs. Meenu Dasgupta, is going to celebrate her 92nd birthday. I became a bit emotional and reminiscent thinking how years pass by leaving little time to look back. She is in her 90’s, a nonagenarian like many seniors are, but with a little difference. Probably that is because of her sudden inclination towards digital media/world, which is…
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A year back, during a trip to my mother’s place in Kolkata, India, I found a neatly folded bag in her cupboard. It had empty sachets of her regular medicines and a handwritten note of the timings for taking them. She explained to me that she could not understand her prescription. Hence, she used her notes and kept the empty sachets, which proved useful when she needed to re-order her medicines. I was scared to even think of the consequences of my mother taking a double dose of her diabetes medicine or skipping her blood pressure pills due to a wrong reference to her notes. I sat down with her…
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Meet Mrs. Sanghamitra Dasgupta
Meet our beloved senior Mrs. Sanghamitra Dasgupta. Retired as a high school English teacher, she is an avid reader and loves to explore new things. She is a strong pillar for her family, always positive and vibrant, and leads by example. Having been settled in India throughout her life, she recently moved to Sydney with her family. She now looks forward to her life in the new place and to create good memories. In her own words….. I am Sanghamitra Dasgupta, 67 years old, enjoying the second innings of my life with my loved ones in a foreign land, far away from where I was born. I believe during the…
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Building Our AllForSRS Community
One of the major differentiators of an Indian (or Asian) household from the western counterpart has been the concept of a joint family. It is the sons and daughters or the extended family who take care of the senior member. With globalization and better opportunities for higher education and jobs abroad, Indians today have begun to adopt the social rules of the western world. Until a few decades, we never thought of elderly support as a subject of discussion. Our parents have looked after our grandparents, who in turn, were a pillar of knowledge, wisdom, security, companionship, and love for the family. The need was always mutual. Today’s fast-track life…
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Meet Mrs. Ratna Banerjee
Meet our beloved senior Mrs. Ratna Banerjee, 81-years old. She lives in Kolkata with her 86-year old husband, Mr. Alak Banerjee. AllForSRS asked her to share her life journey. In her own words……. Life is a journey from birth to death. All along this journey we want to be happy and live in peace. But happiness is not an external object which anyone can give us. It is an internal matter which depends on our attitude and nature. My in-laws are no more and our daughters are happily married and living with their husbands and children. We are both now enjoying our silver innings. With age, our physical appearance and…
