Author: Shabnam Gupta

Why, indeed? There are umpteen examples all around us of gross neglect and sheer indifference. The newspapers are full of shabby treatment meted out to old parents. It tugs at my heartstrings, and I wonder what the world is coming to? Yet, what do we do about it? Do we at any point of time feel the need to take out time from our busy schedule to even help some aged person cross the road? No, our life is in the fast lane, and we have no time for the slowness associated with the old. But we do owe...