As the members grow anxious about Delhi Gymkhana Club’s fate, they cling tightly to its rituals. The visits increased as the worry of losing the place multiplied with each passing day.
Fewer than 50 specialised dementia care centres exist nationwide, most in big cities and run by private hospitals or nonprofits. Millions of families and elders in rural and semi-urban India continue to struggle alone.
Under the Savera scheme, police maintain a record of the senior citizens registered with them, and officers are sent to check on their homes regularly to ensure their safety.
India’s heart ached over the movie Baghban. But countless stories of abuse behind closed doors and rapidly filling ashrams and old age homes belie this.
Given that this demographic has both spending power and a willingness to engage if they are given products that recognise them, this exclusion is a missed business opportunity
India’s senior population will hit 319 million by 2050, and startups are stepping in where the government falls short. The industry is worth $7 billion—and growing.
Global media also noted that India’s old may face a harsh and lonely retirement, with fewer working-age adults to support the elderly and very low savings.
I have absolutely no doubt that the Nandan Nilekani-led NEET committee will come up with a very relevant and useful set of recommendations. But will it help?
Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.
It is so cute to see all these teary-eyed savarna members losing their so-called priveleges and birth-right entitlements; and the Print writting multiple stories to capture their plights!!!
Essentially, it is an all paid vacation for the rich and wealthy. Paid by Indian tax payers.
It is so cute to see all these teary-eyed savarna members losing their so-called priveleges and birth-right entitlements; and the Print writting multiple stories to capture their plights!!!