It’s commonplace to talk about the “wrong side of 40”. Sometimes in jest, but often the jest only a thin masquerade for our fear of ageing. A 75-year-old shooter, a 113-year-old marathon runner, a 94-year-old father, a 60-year-old sex worker would vigorously disagree
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle