Money isn't enough

We need to hold a wider discussion on how we plan to manage the ageing population.

The will to chase success in a fiercely competitive capitalist world system means that young people have been migrating to different parts of the world in unprecedented numbers. And as the children grow their wings and fly to new destinations, the elderly parents are often left behind to fend for themselves in the home village, city or country. In places like Nepal that ensure opportunities for career growth, material comfort and upward mobility only in metropolitan cities or foreign labour markets, the gap between city-dwelling and emigrant children is increasingly growing wider.