Daily Times

Sir: I have recently visited an old age home in Rawalpindi. I got very much depressed after my visit. The stories of the elderly people were very heart-rending and depressing. I was thinking after the meeting that our society has become very cruel to the elderly people. Do we really want to become modern by sending our old parents and elders to old houses? I talked to many people there and became distressed when I heard that their own children brought them here. It was just because their sons and daughters were fed up with them and wanted to get rid of them. Where is our religion now? I guess that Islam did not preach us to leave our parents when they really need us. We should be ashamed of ourselves for taking such steps for our beloved parents and elders.

I think that the concept of old age homes should be curtailed from our society, otherwise all the youngsters will send their parents to old age homes for living in peace. This is not the actual peace. It is an abuse to our society. Old age homes should be minimised in order to stop this wrong practice from our society.

SABEEN SOHAIL

Rawalpindi