Title: In Your Country, What Is the Role of Elderly People?
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In Your Country, What Is the Role of Elderly People?
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In Your Country, What Is the Role of Elderly People? By Quora Contributor
May 30, 20139:30 AM
An elderly woman in China. Photo by Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images
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This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Achyut Bihani: In India, the elderly are held in high regard. In a typical Indian joint family (meaning two or more generations of siblings and cousins living in the same house), the eldest members head the household. Advice is always sought from them on a range of issues, from investment of family money to nitty-gritties of traditional wedding rituals and intra-family conflicts. And this is not just passive advice; their word is final in settling disputes.