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7 Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle from a Mentally Wealthy Auto-driver
When I see Narottam ji and ask for a ride to Lodhi Gardens from Green Park in New Delhi, he asks for 150 rupees. But I tell him, it costs almost the same if I book a cab on Ola or Uber, wishing he will bring down the fare for the ride. He sticks to his fare, dismissing my plea for a bargain over the fare. Looking at him, I could not help myself from going in his three-wheeler autorickshaw, who seems elderly yet agile and eager to work by plying his auto. As we start our ride, I request him to share his secrets for a healthy life. He has been living in Delhi since he was 18 years old having migrated from Aligarh in India’s most populous state, and has been riding the auto since 1983. The 72-year-old man shows the food he carries with him, the water bottle, feed for the pigeons. He also tells there is nothing fake on his body. Although he has lost his teeth, his son had suggested him to have dentures but he refused. He still manages to eat well and can chew meat on the bone. His hair has gone grey but the head is full of hair including the customary tassel of hairs on his hairy head, and refuses to dye.
The septuagenarian shares his 7 tips for a healthy lifestyle learned from his life.
1. Eat simple food, preferably home-made food
2. Live a simple life
3. Avoid stress by avoiding unrealistic aspirations and live within your means
4. Eat a delicious meal that maybe expensive once in a week. In his case it is mutton. He says now the price of a kilo of mutton is Rs 800
5. Wash your body every day when you leave home and when you return home
6. Eat twice a day, milk is not necessary not because he doesn’t want to drink but he found milk sold in plastic packets, ridiculously unbearable.
7. Feed somebody, at least the birds. In his case, he feeds the pigeons in New Delhi.