Nanhi Neend

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Nanhi Neend:-

Nanhi Neend – a short film drives home the message very aptly when the children in a mechanical household tell their father that they would like to be sent to the boarding school. When asked by their father why, they give their assessment of the house they are living in and pose they question to their dad: (like you have left your mother (their grandmother) not taken responsibility for her, how will he feel if they (his children) did the same to him when he grows old …?

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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