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Old age

Aging Concerns

The parent-child relationship is considered a private affair, and even in cases of extreme harassment by one's children, parents find it socially unacceptable to take the legal recourse. That is why the number of cases filed by parents against children under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, is extremely low

Is old gold?

India is only at the beginning of the curve which has topped out in the developed world as increasing prosperity ensures people live much longer. As the population’s median age goes up, so will the need to allocate resources in proportion.

Old-age woes

To determine how long-term saving products might help solve the problem of old-age income security, an improved understanding of the behavioural, economic and institutional barriers to participation are required

Mind over matter

In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter a whole lot how old age is portrayed in either literature or philosophy because the deterioration of the human body due to old age is something inevitable and irreversible. This doesn't necessarily imply that we lose our wisdom or drive to engage in activities that we are passionate about.