Being born in India certainly means we are supposed to have lots of elders and senior people around us from grandparents to great grandparents, they evolve the best out of us, which apparently is forgotten when something related to generation gap surfaces. Our generation has proved its way out of technological advancements or I would say we were born handicapped to the technology, we have to witnessed these advances and by the time we evolved into an adult, these technologies varied so deeply. Though, what didn’t changed was the elders and their wise words.
Today on 21st August we celebrate World Senior Citizen’s day which was propounded by the US president Ronald Reagan in 1988. This gravely influenced the behavior of anyone towards them. Where we come from a very traditional and respectful land, we are supposed to keep the past generation safe and secure but, we fail miserably and that is where we lack our tradition and values. This day like any ordinary day is of very little importance in the hearts of those who think – “we are self-made” or “we never got any support from them”.
Now, if we look at their importance, which weren’t supposed be discussed but still we need to as it is the situation which speaks like more than 20,000 cases registered under IPC, 1860 regarding cheating, fraud, robbery, murder and grievous hurt, which makes it imperative to know why we need them? We need them because we won’t get the life lessons which they faced from anyone; we need them because it is them who acted like a tree to the saplings of our dreams.
Simply because it is easy to manipulate them or because they are not aware of the technology can never give us the satisfaction of what we have now. And it is the need of the hour to protect them otherwise what good will our values, faith and law would do. They are not just an object which can be thrown anywhere, if anyone think what good they have done, I must have said they gave birth, but now I won’t if you think so degrading about them. Any senior citizen (who’s above 60 years of age) shall get the privilege of PRADHAN MANTRI VAYA VANDANA SCHEME, this is National Program for the Health care of elderly, which is very essential as in many countries where people and children leave their parents, our country swore to protect them
