symposium participants

  • The Problem
    A short statement on the issues involved

  • NATIONAL POLICY ON OLDER PERSONS
    C.P. Sujaya, Principal Secretary, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla

  • AGEISM
    Vinay Kumar Shrivastava, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi

  • SOCIAL AGEING IN INDIA AND AMERICA
    John van Willingen, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, USA

  • AGEING PAINS
    Smita Kishore, Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow

  • DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
    Ashish Bose, Emeritus Professor of Demography, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi; Member, Independent Commission on Health in India

  • HEALTH ISSUES
    P.C. Joshi, Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology and S.N. Sengupta, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi

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AGEING
a symposium on the greying
of our society

April 2000

cover design by Akila Seshasayee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • SOCIETAL RESPONSES
    Mala Kapur Shankardass, Sociologist; Reader, Maitreyi College, Delhi University; Chairperson, Development, Welfare and Research Foundation, Delhi

  • INTERVIEW
    With M. M Sabharwal, President Emeritus, HelpAge India; by Mala K. Shankardass, Delhi

  • THE LAST SCENE
    Mohammad Talib, Professor, Department of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

  • OMISSION - COMMISSION
    Short story by Vijay Dan Detha and Komal Kothari. Transcreated by Mohamaya, Jaipur

  • BOOKS
    Reviewed by Vinay Kumar Srivastava, Annie Koshi, Bhavna Puri and Meera Ahmad

  • FURTHER READING
    A short and select bibliography 

  • COMMENT
    Received from Nandini Sundar, Associate Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

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