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
Reality Check: Our Elders Are Falling Apart, Does Anyone Care?
by HelpAge India June 11, 2018 0 comments Media CentreReading 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
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Abandoned, abused elders seek shelter in a hospital ward in Kochi
by HelpAge India June 8, 2018 0 comments Media Centre"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
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