Sixty-seven-year-old Rukmani, a widow, was the picture of misery when she first entered the gates of Mann Ka Tilak old age home at Maidan Garhi near Saket. Her distraught cries filled the air as she pleaded with her son, Ram Prasad, to take her home. But Ram Prasad was helpless. Although Rukmani had three sons and two daughters, he was the only one willing to look after her. One son had usurped her house. The others welcomed her only when she received her meagre pension. Ram Prasad and his mother lived with a relative but. . .
