Senior Citizens

Retd Army Captain V K Mehra and his wife, Cuckoo, started the Teasta Tea Shop, one of the capital’s oldest and most popular tea cafes, from their garage in Noida in 1995.

Dr Sujata and Ashutosh Kelkar, an elderly couple from Jalgaon in Maharashtra, went viral for their rendition of Kya Yahi Pyaar Hai from Rocky (1981) on the harmonica.

Ravi Bala Sharma, 62, one among several ‘internet dadis’ to join social media to showcase her skills, shares what keeps her going.

Savithri Rao started learning Yakshagana, a traditional theatre form, at the age of 66. In May 2018, Savithri took the stage for her 100th Yakshagana performance as Duryodhana in the mythological story ‘Narakasura Vadhe.’ To date, she has over 110 performances to her credit.

A school dropout from Thalassery in Kerala, Njattyela Sreedharan spent 25 years writing a unique dictionary with four Dravidian languages — Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu.

We celebrate these senior citizens, who have shown that age is merely a number. Read these inspiring stories as we enter the new year. #TBIChangemakers2020 #SeniorCitizens

Fondly known as 'Ammiji' in Amritsar, 92-year-old Rajinder Kaur Chatha is whipping up a spicy success with her homemade blends. Her startup story is the perfect inspiration for women entrepreneurs

“I often visit the Nanak Piao Sahib Gurudwara in North Delhi and while once inside it is always peaceful and clean, the sight just outside was not so pleasing to the eyes,”

As grandmothers in a Thane village were denied an education because of their gender, the 'Ajjbaichi Shaala' (grandmother’s school) was launched on International Women’s Day four years ago.

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