Joy in Running: Seniors @ Tata Mumbai Marathon 2020
We spoke to a cross-section of senior citizens at the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2020 held on January 19. Photographs by Dev Kumar The 17th edition of Tata Mumbai Marathon was …
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Creativity as salvation
Vandana Kanoria talks about how art can help us to cope and heal when things get tough The news comes like a sledgehammer blow and your knees buckle under the …
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A tougher legal safety net
A recent amendment proposed to the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act seeks to strengthen the law protecting seniors. By Sonavi Kher Desai In a welcome move, …
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Don’t Sign Away Your Safety
Seniors can be an easy target for abuse if they don’t have control over their property, writes Sonavi Kher Desai According to HelpAge India, more than fifty percent of the …
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An Affair Not to Remember
The casually blatant sexism of the 1978 movie Pati Patni Aur Woh may have seemed funny at one time, but it is nothing short of tragic that the film is …
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How Celebrity Endorsements Have Evolved
Prabhakar Mundkur looks back at stars who promoted products, and the varying reactions over the years When Lux was launched way back in 1924 in the US, perhaps it was …
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Big Bull rules, still
Even 18 years after his death, market maverick-turned-kingpin Harshad Mehta has refused to fade into oblivion, writes Anto T Joseph More than a quarter of a century after India’s Bombay …
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‘My in-laws insisted I remarry’
Vijay Taparia recounts how after the death of his wife 11 years ago, it was his in-laws who insisted that he remarries We first identified that Shashi, my late wife, …
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Recourse against abuse
Abuse in one’s silver and golden years is a sad fact of today’s life. Sonavi Kher Desai writes about what you can do to fight elder abuse According to the …
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The Old and the Beautiful
Cinema would be nothing without women – but older women’s roles get short shrift, writes Deepa Gahlot Like the rest of society, Hindi cinema too marginalises senior and older women. …
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