I’m going to tell you a little story that I heard about a week and a half ago. A story of a mother, just like mine and your’s. This summer of 2018, I’ve joined an organisation called HelpAge India, working to empower the disadvantaged elderly. On the very first day of my internship, I thought to myself of how …Read More

Reading about the upcoming Punjabi movie “Asees” that celebrates motherhood, I came across an interesting line, “Maa, je tu mitti hai, te main tere charanan di dhul haan” (Mother, if you are like the earth, I am akin to its mere dust). The death of actress Geeta Kapoor of film “Pakeezah” fame, in an…Read More

"My children are settled and working in good companies. They left me because they are busy with their lives. I cannot digest the fact that my closest sister passed away. I feel that I'm completely alone now," says 80-year-ol, Parukutty (80), an inmate of the destitute ward of Ernakulam General Hospital, in tears when…Read More

Happiness - Is it bequeathed to us by our environment, genetics, God or the people around us? Or is happiness a ‘skill’ we acquire by investing more time in ourselves and our loved ones? Happiness is a positive emotional state of joy and contentment. Our genetic predispositions, our life story, and our…Read More

While the middle class benefits to some extent, the destitute elder from the lower socio-economic strata has been left completely neglected. Budget 2018 proposes some benefits for senior citizens, providing them tax benefits in healthcare and giving higher income from interest. However the extreme destitute…Read More