Living Gracefully And Thriving Through Hard Times
On the last Friday of August a few months ago, I, suddenly, felt dizzy and, abruptly, dropped to the floor. At the time, I assumed that the heat, which felt…
Elder Citizens
Healthcare challenges of the elderly: Insurance-based system has failed to meet their needs
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), has asked health insurance companies to abolish the age limit of 65 years and provide it to everyone, regardless of their…
Rights of Older Persons must be fulfilled!
On 1 October, the world will once again observe the ‘International Day of Older Persons’. It is the 33rd commemoration of this United Nations Day. Such days are often relegated…
Demented Policing: Tasering the Elderly
Australia is a country addictively hostile to the elderly. Despite being a continent that speaks to immemorial origins, respect for those who age is uncommon. In The Lucky Country, that…
India should care for its elder citizens
India is quite young. Its population of 1.3 billion has an average age of 29 years. Much of the country's focus, therefore, has been on its “youth bulge” and the…
Curtains of Numeric Lives: Perspectives on ageing and the neo-liberal world
Capitalistic Chasms and the Disenchanting Age A grotesque imagination of pluralism beholds a complex aura of experiencing diverse cultures, faiths, traditions, belief systems, existential principles, undercurrents of ideologies and imaginations.…
Lonely and Old : The challenge of India’s seniors
Recently I had the opportunity to watch the Hindi film adaptation of Jaywant Dalvi’s famous Marathi play “ Sandhya Chhaya”. Set in the Mumbai (then Bombay) of the 1970s, it…
Population Problem Today
ABSTRACT Today no one is talking of controlling population any more. Fertility rates are falling all over the world and many governments are encouraging births; giving monetary support and withdrawing…
Elderly and the Culture of ‘Adda’
‘Adda’ is a popular culture of Bengalis. Now it has been spread over. It has social, psychological importance in the daily life of almost all ages of the population.…
Turbulence in the life of Elderly People in India
At 69, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has no sympathy & compassion for the elderly population of India. In the pandemic of Coronavirus, there is a turbulence in the life of…
Growing Old
For decades, I am observing my mother growing old. 3 memories, 3 falls stay in my mind. The first fall was on the streets of Kolkata and that made her…
Kashmir’s Neglected Elders!
Traditionally Elders in Kashmir used to be given all the love and care but the “Modernisation” has left some of them isolated and lonely! The ancient civilisations were always rooted…
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