Zeeshan Rasool Khan

  Zeeshan Rasool Khan The 1 st of October is globally celebrated as the International day of older people. In 1990, UNGA decided to devote this day to the old-aged to draw public attention to the problems that they are facing. People celebrate this day with great enthusiasm, organize seminars and conferences, and post relevant content on social media to make an impression, as if the whole world is concerned about older people and only a meager population exists that needs to be enlightened. However, the ground reality is contradictory. We see there has been a mushrooming of old-age homes everywhere. The idea of old-age homes is not bad. They protect a vulnerable group of elderly people, particularly those who remain single without marriage, and those who have no one to take care of. But, the swell in the number of old-age homes unveils another grim reality that the rights of old-age people are being trampled on. Because not all the elders enrolled in OAHs are, single or do not nec