Vaccines or lifestyle—who knows? The CEO of Bombay Shaving Company explains the "scary" rationale behind IIM Calcutta's decision to host a 15-year alumni reunion.

Shantanu Deshpande, CEO of Bombay Shaving Company, explains why IIM Calcutta shifted its alumni reunion from 25 to 15 years. He expresses worries about an increase in midlife crises and alumni fatalities, with experts pointing to stress, COVID, and changes in lifestyle as major contributing factors.Shantanu Deshpande, the CEO of Bombay Shaving Company, revealed in a LinkedIn post the "scary" rationale behind IIM Calcutta's decision to postpone its alumni reunion from the initial 25-year milestone to 15 years. Deshpande related a chat he had with a buddy who attended the institution's most recent 15-year reunion.Deshpande claims that the buddy who went to the reunion questioned the instructors about the reason behind the reunion's postponement. The timing of his midlife crisis was one factor, but the other factor was what ultimately caused him to regress. One explanation was that people were going through midlife crises at the age of 15, thus it was always beneficial to get together. However, I was quite frightened by the other reason. By the time 25 years had gone by, a greater proportion of batches were expiring (death). They simply had vanished.

Thus, they made a ten-year advancement," the CEO wrote.Deshpande recognized that it was unclear what was causing this, citing a number of possible causes. "Covid, vaccinations, lifestyle, or another thing." Only God is aware. He wrote, "Never know when it's your time," emphasizing a universal reality regardless of the cause. People should "eat well, exercise consistently, sleep well, and be happy while you're on this planet," according to Despande.The New Indian Express said that Dr. Ravi Prakash, a senior expert in cardiology at Delhi's PSRI Hospital, pointed out a troubling pattern in the data gathered from Indian hospitals between 2020 and 2023. Nearly half of heart attack victims are now younger than 40, according to the research. Doctors and academics around the country are extremely concerned about the startling increase in cardiac arrests among younger people.