We do play seven characters in our life, being infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, Pantalone ( a cunning and rapacious yet often deceived) and old age, facing imminent death. Interestingly, in Hinduism, human life is believed to comprise four stages... Brahmacharya or the student stage, Grihastha or the householder stage and Vanaprastha or the hermit stage and lastly, Sanyasa or the wandering ascetic stage. We do explore, grow and try to get enlightened as per our priorities. Life is a continuous progress...grow, develop and mature. Somewhere in these stages of growth, we learn how to function within our society. Our financial priorities change during different phases of our life. Childhood and adolescence are the most interesting...we have energy, we have time but we don't have money. Adulthood, when we work for living and try to sustain a family at that time, we have energy and money. Old age...post retirement life, we try to spend time with our family and grandchildren. Col Pradeep Pendyala, Anaesthesiologist.
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