Mala Kapur Shankardass, Deccan Chronicle

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The writer is a sociologist, gerontologist and health and development social scientist, and an associate professor at Delhi University�??s Maitreyi College.

Opinion

Rehabilitation after Cyclone Fani: Leave no one behind

The poor in both rural and urban areas need special attention for relief work whether by the government or civil society...

16 May 2019 4:47 AM IST

Youngsters participate in a walkathon on the eve of International Womens Day, on the Beach Road in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. (Photo: DC)

Opinion

Let us take a pledge to make the world a better, fairer, safer place...

An important task in empowering women is to elevate their voices at home, at the workplace and beyond.

8 March 2019 7:43 AM IST

As the World Health Organisation (WHO) reiterates in many of its reports it is time to bring out mental health issues out into the open.

Opinion

It's time to invest in mental health issues

There is an urgent requirement in many countries, including India, for developing adequate infrastructure and services...

18 Oct 2018 3:23 AM IST

Since then a lot has been done by observing this day in different countries in their respective ways as per their policies and programmes to bring focus to the particular needs and challenges faced by older people.

Opinion

Let's ensure citizens' right to grow old with dignity

It is important to ensure that citizens grow old with dignity and remain productive, active during later years too with...

28 Sept 2018 2:54 AM IST