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“My Sons want  to sell the house to start their own business, they often ask me when you  will die.” 63-year-old, Inderjeet Singh (Amritsar). “I sold my old property and purchased a flat as I did not have houses to live in, as a result of my Son just left me to fend for myself, as he wanted all the money for his own business” 64-year-old, Siddesh (Dehradun).  “I am a widower and not earning, my Son told me why you don’t go back to your village as he finds me a burden.” 65-year-old, Pinaki Chakraborty (Kolkata). “My Son asks me to do household chores and look after his children as if I am their servant.” 65-year-old, Savita Khan (Kanpur). “As my age is increasing I get tired easily, my Son often sends me out for civil work and says what are you doing at home” 67-year-old, Rakesh Chauhan (Delhi).  “I am suffering from a disease and do most things on the bed, my Daughter-in-law often fights with my Son due to sanitation/hygiene problems caused by me” 75-ye...

  Honoring first generation entrepreneur and Managing Director of a superspeciality hospital Dr PN Arora, Union Minister for law and justice, electronics and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad has conferred Capital Foundation’s National Award to him for perennial contributions in the field of health care and unstinted support to social causes .      In a grand function organized at India International Center on Sunday by Capital Foundation on “Emerging Digital World in India” ‘ Mr Prasad , conferred the award to Dr. P.N. Arora, Managing Director of Yashoda foundation . During the programme, Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad ji was also conferred with Justice P.N. Bhagwati National Award by capital foundation. The minister said that presently Indian IT Companies are functional in around 200 cities of 80 nations across the globe which contributes to 55% of the total IT outsourcing internationally and the trend is catching up further. On r...

The City Palace museum in Udaipur, India is reporting that 2016 saw a million visitors pass through its 450-year-old gates for the first time, with Britons forming one of the largest groups of overseas visitors. The spectacular 200,000 sq ft museum is rated as one of the world’s most significant heritage sites and is one of the finest examples of the living heritage of India. Sitting on the banks of Lake Pichola, the museum houses exceptional collections of paintings, photography, silver, armoury, textiles, besides vintage cars and crystal. The City Palace Museum, which is still owned and curated by the former royal family of Mewar, said visitor numbers had also doubled in the last ten years with consistently high numbers of heritage tourists from the UK as well as Europe, Australia and North America. Domestic tourists made up the largest number of visitors. Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur is the 76th Custodian of the House of Mewar and the Chairman and Managing Trust...