Social Change Partner: Basic Charitable Trust
The Problem All children are born equal. All lives have equal value. The above sentences dictate two of the most fundamental values of life, and yet these values are sadly not being met on a societal scale in India. Currently, the nation’s education and healthcare systems are succumbing to states …
HelpAge India Aims to Create A Society Where Elderly Have the Right to an Active, Healthy and Dignified Life
The Problem Throughout the 75 years of her life, Mamata Prasad has raised her son with indelible care and love. Despite this, as reported by One India news, it has been almost seven years since the septuagenarian has last met not only her son, but also her daughter-in-law and her …
Facebook's Fate in India's Hands: How India Controls Facebook's Destiny
Introduction In only 10 years of existence, Facebook has become the world’s leading social media site, dominating Internet bandwidths all over the globe and completely revolutionizing the way people interact with one another. With more than 1.2 billion users worldwide, the social media giant’s success has, without question, been of …
Masked by Ignorance – How Elderly Indians' Neglect; Loneliness Overpowers Governmental Action
With traditional modes of family support declining and a growing number of their children migrating in search of better opportunities, thousands of elderly Indian parents are without any sort of physical, social, emotional and financial support and are as a result paying the price for it. Dumped and left alone to …
Coping With Success: How India's Elderly Suffer With Their Children Abroad
With over 1.2 billion people and counting, the Indian homeland hosts more than one-sixth of the world’s population. Yet there is something to be said when the second most populated country in the world also has the third largest global diaspora. Inhabiting around 110 countries worldwide, Indians are everywhere. Whether …
