Gerald D'Cunha

“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” —  Maya Angelou I was talking to a friend of mine, last morning. She is very qualified and articulate. Before she got married, she had worked for many years in a reputed company. But, once her two sons were born, she chose to quit her well-paying job and focus fully on her family. Her husband holds a top   position in one of the blue chip companies in India, while her two sons have finished their studies… One is well-placed in a company and other is about to join. A significant part of my friend’s life, in the last three decades or so, has been devoted towards her parents’ care. The aged and ailing parents live on their own in the same city as my friend lives. So, like the lives of several others from the  so-called ‘Sandwiched generation’, my friend’s life, too, is stuffed between the families of   paren...