Online Dilasa, the brainchild of counsellor and social worker Neelam Varadkar, 72, and a lifeline for many senior citizens during the lockdown, rang in its 100th and final session on Thursday. Dilasa, a branch of the Lokmanya Seva Sangh—a community centre in Vile Parle that caters to issues ranging from children’s needs to senior citizens’ problems, from library to gym—was started in 2010 for seniors struggling with loneliness. Every Thursday, from 4 pm to 6 pm, the Dilasa centre would conduct programmes for seniors at their community hall. These programmes covered entertainment, general knowledge, problems in society, and literature and also had special guests.

Neelam Varadkar, counsellor and social worker