Poonam Pant

In Nepali society, reverence for elders is interwoven into the fabric of daily life. Rituals, symbolic gestures, and respectful language outwardly signal a culture that honours its seniors. Yet, beneath this surface-level respect, many traditional practices silently contribute to the marginalization...

The elderly people consider themselves as dependent people and are often dominated and subjugated by the other family members. There are many areas where their advice is useful but the younger people just shrug off such advice or react in anger by shouting and screaming at them not realizing that th...

Productive and successful ageing requires collective efforts from both younger and the older people. Family and society have a crucial to play in the entire process.