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“Well-furnished home for aged shortly”
ENCOURAGEMENT: Collector R. Vasuki offering a sari to an old woman in Dindigul on Wednesday.
DINDIGUL: “What we need is not a luxurious life but a calm and peaceful living and love, affection and care. Above all, we need protection to our evening of our life.”
These fervent appeals were made by the innocent and poor senior citizens, who were left by their children in orphanage and homes, at a function held here on Wednesday to mark the International Day for the Aged.
The interaction session began with joy as enterprising aged rural women staged a folk dance. Another woman enthralled the crowd with a Tamil version of Kannada Carnatic song ‘Krishana Nee Begane Baaro.’
Suddenly a pall of gloom descended on the hall when Peter who came from a home, expressed his disgust and anger over his loneliness and insecure life. At one stage, his voice was choked and on the brink of emotional collapse. “The day I was left in the home made me sick to my stomach.”
Consoling him with soothing words, Collector R. Vasuki got down from the dais and interacted with aged people. During the interaction, she announced that the Government would construct a well-furnished home for the aged in the district shortly. Highly competitive world forced youngsters to run for survival and for future of their children.
In her address, former Joint Director of Health Services, J. Amala Devi, appealed to youngsters not to neglect parents. They needed just care and affection only. Mere offering money and providing a shelter alone would not make them happy. Later, Ms. Vasuki offered new saris and dhotis to old participants.
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