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

• 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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