India, May 21 -- By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam

Aging is a wonderful journey -one that comes with wisdom, experience and, most importantly, the ability to completely forget someone's name the second they walk away. It's not that I don't care. I do. It's just that my brain, once a powerful machine of recall, now behaves more like a distracted intern who forgets to take notes.

Every day, I meet new people. Every day, I forget new people. Their faces seem vaguely familiar, their smiles warm and their enthusiasm in greeting me suggests we've had meaningful conversations before. And yet, I find myself stuck in a recurring scene of a play I don't remember auditioning for.

The art of pretending to remember

Over time, I have mastered the delicate ...