Assam: At 120, she is one of India's oldest women and Kareng Teronpi is still going strong, thanks to a daily diet of bland boiled rice, vegetables, and, of course, a regular bottle of moonshine to keep her spirits high!
She looks frail and emaciated, is weak in the knees and almost bedridden for the past year. But Kareng is very agile - with near perfect eyesight and a voice still chirpy.
"I don't know when I was born... maybe many years ago," Kareng said with a coy smile.
Incidentally, her eldest daughter is around 90 years old and stays nearby.
"Based on details from our uncles and aunts and grandparents we have calculated her age, although we don't have any birth records as such," Docsingh Kathar, one of the many grandsons of Kareng, told reporters.
"She requires at least two glasses of Hor (fermented rice beer). She relishes the drink. She is a vegetarian and never eats spicy food," Kathar said.
"She can recognise us from a distance as he still has very good eyesight," a grandson said with a cheeky smile.
Interestingly, the village is home to about a dozen odd people who are in their 90s. Some even claim to have crossed the century mark.
She looks frail and emaciated, is weak in the knees and almost bedridden for the past year. But Kareng is very agile - with near perfect eyesight and a voice still chirpy.
"I don't know when I was born... maybe many years ago," Kareng said with a coy smile.
Incidentally, her eldest daughter is around 90 years old and stays nearby.
"Based on details from our uncles and aunts and grandparents we have calculated her age, although we don't have any birth records as such," Docsingh Kathar, one of the many grandsons of Kareng, told reporters.
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"She requires at least two glasses of Hor (fermented rice beer). She relishes the drink. She is a vegetarian and never eats spicy food," Kathar said.
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"She can recognise us from a distance as he still has very good eyesight," a grandson said with a cheeky smile.
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Interestingly, the village is home to about a dozen odd people who are in their 90s. Some even claim to have crossed the century mark.
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