Age Power

Demands furnished by the JAC to all political parties essentially aim at sensitizing representatives of people to cause of elderly and their problems. This has become even more important as senior citizens have often been neglected and despite a few laws and policy, Though India is primarily a young country with median age of 29 […]

The whole theory of adversity quotient and its application are extremely relevant to elderly. They are in such a stage of life where life is full of adversities. These adversities or problems could be in terms of age-related diseases, decline in cognitive abilities, anxiety arising out of less social connectedness, departure of partner or near

Positive attitude is more of a psychological construct; it defines our perception, value system and how we look at the world & life. We may be repository of knowledge, highly skilled but might not be successful or happy, even if we are prosperous in materialistic terms, if we do not have proper attitude. Hence it

Life management principles are extremely important for any human being. Understanding these is necessary to charter the voyage of life. These principles are akin to any “enterprise management” rules. These involve management of certain essential pillars like operations, sales & marketing, finance and man management. All these mainstays are equally applicable for understanding and driving

For few days I was very seriously wondering what one need at advanced age of say… post 60 or so. If health permits you really are engaged, but post 65 how one looks at world around, family, friends, society and for that matter finance and health. I find no strong  answers for all  above mentioned

एक मकान की नींव मजबूत होना जितना जरुरी होता है, उतना ही महत्व छत का भी होता है। इन दोनों तत्वों की मजबूती मकान को स्थायित्व देती है। एक मजबूत नींव मकान की मजबूत बुनियाद का सबब बनती है तो वहीं मजबूत छत हर मौसम की दुश्वारियों को झेल हमें सुरक्षित बनाये रखती है। क्या

The philosophy of looking inwards will actually facilitate happy aging process. It will help the elders to manage emotions, maintain a well-balanced life, enable taking a wider perspective of looking at issues and things. Changing the paradigm of life through migration from “looking outward” to “peeping inward” is a difficult process but it will happen,

There has been dramatic transformation in all facets of life during last couple of decades. Changes have been all pervading including life styles, structure of families, modes of communication, means of living, financial transaction modes and many others. What was relevant about two decades ago is not applicable anymore in today’s world. And therefore, it

It has often been stated that age is just a chronological number and aging is a natural biological process. But successful or happy aging depends on mindset and supporting ecosystem. The main two (2) Psychological theories of aging support this axiom. The Activity Theory of Aging proposes that successful aging happens when elderly people remain

Whenever there is any discussion in our society on preferred aging place, unfortunately old age homes are given last priority. Sadly, there is a social stigma attached to the same. While there is no doubt that Indian society continues to be closely knit compared to many other countries in the world, there are, sometimes, reasons