Old Age is many different things.

Like ideas, there are multiple iterations of ageing, and this book captures some of them. The lenses used to examine the process are varied - some of the essays are personal memoirs and reflections, while others are more academic insights into the psychology of ageing or the representations of ageing in popular cinema and television. There is also a photo essay and an album of graceful ageing for those who believe that a picture speaks a thousand words.

This book is an exciting, thought-provoking and genre-defying volume about growing old that will find resonance with both the young and the old.

The Authors Prof. Romila Thapar, Hasan Suroor, Priya Sahgal, Shubha Menon, Dr V Mini Giri, Uma Chakravarti, Malashri Lala, Rami Chhabra, Saba Mahmood Bashir, Dr Kakul Hai, Sohail Akbar (Photo Essay), Nikhat Bhatty (An Album of Ageing) and Zarina Bhatty