Forever 25: The obsession with eternal youth

There's a strange kind of doublethink at play today. We celebrate aging gracefully—and yet, we spend thousands smoothing out the very lines that come with grace. With Instagram, filters, reels—beauty is under a constant spotlight. Botox smooths skin, enhances symmetry, and creates that "camera-ready" face without going under the knife.

- NAMRATA KOHLI

My daughter came home wide-eyed and said, 'Mumma, my classmate's grandma doesn't look like adadi—she looks like herchachi!' Turns out, she was full of Botox. Smooth forehead, pouty lips, not a line in sight.

When people start looking unusually young, it does something strange—it blurs roles, confuses perception, and breaks generational codes. We expect grandmothers to look like grandmothers. When they don't, it's not just their face that's changed—it's how we relate to them.

But the bigger question is: why this urge to erase age so completely? Delve deep into the psyche of women and a billionaire's wife reveals in a private intimate conversation—"We women become a depreciating asset over time. He (husband) will find beauties swooning over him even in his 70s, 80s, 90s despite his bulging tummy and balding head. His worth is measured by his wealth and in a woman's case, by her beauty. And that's the honest truth." From KP Singh finding love at 91 to Warren Buffett remarrying SOON after his first wife's death, and Gates, Trump... the rich surely don't retire from romance. (and often with someone decades younger).