India, Aug. 29 -- Till when should an artiste be allowed to play live on stage? In a world where sports fans often butt in pronouncing the retirement of athletes, now the discussion has shifted to deciding the stage life of classical artistes it seems.

Writer-physician Taslima Nasreen recently attended the Amar Jyoti 2025 event at Delhi's Kamani Auditorium, where legendary flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia performed live. But, witnessing how age has caught up with the senior artiste, Taslima took to X and wrote a long post sharing her sentiment: "He can no longer truly play. His hands tremble; the flute will not stay steady.."

The classical artiste, in question here, has however responded to the writer's post saying, "Hum log kisi ke...