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

Elizebeth Kubler Ross devoted her life to the care of the dying. She lived an hour away from the institution where she spent her day and commuted to her home in her private car. Realizing the loss of time she moved closer to her place of work and soon realized that she was suffering from emotional exhaustion. Moving…Read More

According to the Times of India, 40 percent of seniors in Mumbai live alone. Many of their children are living and working abroad, or in suburbs where they have little contact with their parents. This means that seniors are suffering and dying alone, which has led to a dramatic increase in depression. The police…Read More