In this interview with Sayendri, Dr. Jagriti Gangopadhyay shares her insights on the challenges of ageing and elder care in India, social vectors influencing and shaping the complexities and inequities encompassing elderly lives, extra-ageing care facilities beyond the mainstream, and state and community interventions to strengthen policies and practices.
Dr. Jagriti Gangopadhyay is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Manipal Centre for Humanities, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) and the co-ordinator for Center for Women’s Studies at MAHE. Her research focuses on cultural experiences of ageing, intergenerational relationships and institutional later life care. Her book, “Culture, Context and Aging of Older Indians: Narratives from India and Beyond”, has been published by Springer (2021) with funding from the Shastri Publication Grant from the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI).
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