Entertainment for them had shifted from mindless television to "intellectual leisure." Tonight, they weren’t watching a soap opera; they were hosting a "Terrace Talk." Six couples gathered under the fairy lights of their balcony. There was no loud music—just the clink of glasses and a curated playlist of Coke Studio and Kishore Kumar.
"You know," Sunita said, looking out at the city lights, "I used to think retirement was the end of the story. But I feel like I’m finally the lead character."
"Madhav, are we doing the sourdough workshop or the heritage walk this Saturday?" his wife, Sunita, asked, scrolling through a WhatsApp group titled The Vibrant 60s .