Daadi

Daadi:-

Dadi – a short film on the lives and treatment of the elderly in India beautifully portrays the situation which is not uncommon in many households in India. It shows the interaction of three generations. When a man comes home after work brings – samosa and chuttney to have afternoon tea with his wife and child, his old mum, a grandmother also wants to have a taste of it. What happens next, in front of the child, is the story of many households.

Luckily, the short film ends with a positive message – on how to treat our elderly.

Video credit: HelpAge India – YouTube

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The law imposing responsibility of maintenance of the parents and seniors on their children extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir and it applies also it citizens of India outside India.

Under the law:

“children” includes son, daughter, grandson and grand-daughter
“maintenance” includes provisions for food, clothing, residence and medical attendance and treatment;
“parent” means father or mother whether biological, adoptive or step father or step mother, as the case may be, whether or not the father or the mother is a senior citizen;
“property” means property of any kind, whether movable or immovable, ancestral or self acquired, tangible or intangible and includes rights or interests in such property;
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