He’s 95, Healthy & Has No Regrets — Here’s What He Wants Every Young Indian to Know

He’s 95, Healthy & Has No Regrets — Here’s What He Wants Every Young Indian To Know - EBNW Story

At 95, most people are expected to slow down. But Dr Bankey Lal Sharma? He’s still doing full sprints — in spirit, in soul, and, astonishingly, in routine. On the morning of our interview, he rises with the sun, greets the day with pranayama, scrubs his own clothes, irons his own kurta (crisp enough to make a drill sergeant jealous), enjoys a hearty breakfast, washes his dishes, and calmly settles on his living room sofa in Gujarat. So when the …

He’s 95, Healthy & Has No Regrets — Here’s What He Wants Every Young Indian to Know

It wouldn’t be a stretch to call 95-year-old Dr Bankey Lal Sharma my most enthusiastic protagonist of all time. On the designated interview day, his rising matches the sun’s. Sharma proceeds to do pranayama (breathing exercises), then washes his clothes, irons his kurta (its crispness a nod to the perfectionist he is), has a hearty breakfast, rinses his dishes and settles on the sofa of his Gujarat home. When the phone rings at 9 am, he couldn’t…