Letter From India: India moving to protect parents

Famous for its culture of respect for the elderly, India is taking this tradition to an extreme with new legislation that, if approved, could see children who fail to look after their elderly parents sent to jail.

Amid a rapidly transforming economy, social change in India has been swift and often brutal. Nuclear units have increasingly replaced the extended family networks of old, undermining the role of the grandparent as the revered head of the family.