Srinagar, Nov. 2 -- Growing old is not a choice but an intricate part of the life cycle. Every one of us will eventually pass through this phase but what matters is how beautifully we make this phase of life meaningful for one another with love, care, patience and compassion.

Advancement in Globalization, modernization and westernization brought many social changes in our society. These changes degraded our traditional cultural values, families are divided, individuals have been given highest value and relationship with elders gradually declined. But we forget that caring for elders is our social responsibility because they are carriers of collective cultural identity, traditional knowledge and intergenerational wisdom.

Traditional know...