At 105, there is nothing that Papammal, a resident of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, does not do by herself. That includes working on her 2.5 acre organic farm.
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It’s not every day that you get to speak to a grandma who is 105 years old. So I suppose it was natural of me to make some assumptions about her routine and quality of life. Which is why when I first called Pappammal (alias Rangammal) around 3 pm for this interview, I enquired if I was disturbing her afternoon siesta.
However, I was rather surprised to be told that she, the 105-year-old Pappammal, was out in the fields working, so I should call back later!
By the time she got back, and we spoke, it was late in the evening. This is pretty much her regular day. In a fascinating conversation with The Better India, Pappammal shares little nuggets from her life and lets us in on her secret of good health and…