The human brain, unlike the body, keeps "ticking away" and is at its "most fertile" in the later years, says popular author Ruskin Bond as he encourages writers in their 60s or early 70s to take leaf out of the books of legendary writers Agatha Christie and PG Wodehouse and keep writing -- even if it is for themselves only. Out with his new book, "The Golden Years: The Many Joys of Living a Good Long Life", Bond, who turns 89 on Friday, believes that for writers the nice thing about growing old is that it gives them more to write about -- love, friendship, adventure, achievements, a changing country, a changing world, changing ways of life, history in the making.
"There is a certain joy in writing, in putting words down on paper and creating a story or a poem or a novel or even a memoir, and if no one else enjoys what you have composed. never mind, you have done it for yourself and your own pleasure.
