octogenarian

Pune's 'Warrior Aaji', 86-year-old Shanta Balu Pawar is a street performer, a martial arts trainer and the sole breadwinner of her 20-member family.

“I was 16 years old when I was married and moved to Chennai with my husband. From that to more than 500 plants in this house, has been quite a journey."

86-year-old Bylahalli Raghunath Janardan was diagnosed with epilepsy in 1995. He was told that he would have to rely on lifelong medication, but at the age of 64, the man took to cycling.

The sportswoman has participated in 20 international meets, 36 national meets and 59 district meets in the veteran category. Moreover, she has clinched a whopping 414 medals.

Don’t be amazed, because it isn’t the first time the octogenarian has gone out of her way to be a part of a selfless cause. This is in fact the third time in 20 years that the senior citizen has come forward to help educational institutions.

In an attempt to help Gita remember the day the couple married almost five decades ago against her family's wish, Pabitra decided to re-enact their marriage the same way, at the suggestion of Gita’s doctor.

One of the oldest neighbourhoods in the Kolkata, Kasba, did not turn a blind eye to the agony of an 80-year-old woman wandering without purpose and no companion in sight.

Meet 83-year-old M C Pankaja, co-founder of Bangalore’s oldest counselling centre, who has devoted her life to making psychological help accessible to thousands of people.

A 100-year-old former freedom fighter now spends his days working on his farmland in the high ranges of Idukki district in Kerala, along with his octogenarian wife.