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A sad but inevitable day. He was one of the last remnant of a by-gone era in Bengali films, when even a budget-constrained industry like ours gave us works tha
by akritrime 6y ago
A sad but inevitable day. He was one of the last remnant of a by-gone era in Bengali films, when even a budget-constrained industry like ours gave us works that even today are counted among the greats.
- melling 6y ago“ has died from Covid complications” At what age do we add “inevitable”? 6 more months and we’ll have a vaccine. Let’s hang in there and delay the inevitable.
- sadfev 6y agoLife expectancy in India ~69 years. I think Mr Chatterjee had a full life.
- Kudos 6y agoIndia is a big place, I'd guess it varies a lot by region and by status.
- sadfev 6y agoNot by much, even then he comfortably exceeded life expectancy for West Bengal.
- ilrwbwrkhv 6y agoMaybe this attitude is making you deeply unhappy?
- sadfev 6y agoWhat attitude? Do you have data to refute my assertions? I linked my sources in other comment.
- akavi 6y agoLife expectancy of affluent Indians is considerably higher. Further life expectancy of affluent Indians who make it to 85 is probably a good 5 years more at minimum.
- akritrime 6y agoAh didn't mean it in the sense that it was inevitable because he had Covid, more like it was inevitable since his condition has been deteriorating at a slow but steady pace over the past few weeks since he was hospitalized.
- melling 6y agoYes, Coronavirus tends to do that to older people. I suppose we say that so we don’t feel as bad when an older person dies. In the United States, many people have been lessening the disease by rationalizing that it’s mostly older people or people with comorbidities. Doesn’t it sound like we are subconsciously writing people off?
- umvi 6y agoIt gets exponentially more expensive to prolong an old person's life. At some point you gotta draw a line and say "sorry, you had a good run"
- briefcomment 6y agoBut that applies to basically anything that can kill you right? If you are older or are unhealthy, you are more likely to die of heart disease, cancer, stroke, colds, flus, diabetes, alzheimer's, even car accidents. If anything, a disease that disproportionately affects old people and sick people sounds less alarming than one that disproportionately affects young people and healthy people.