Everyone, regardless of age, requires a partner with whom to share their happy and sad moments. Having a caring, discreet, and honest companion helps to prevent loneliness and promotes healthy mental stimulation.
Loneliness is common among the elderly, and news of children abandoning their parents for unknown reasons frequently surfaces on the internet, breaking our hearts.
Assist people over the age of 50
To avoid this situation in the future, Anubandh Foundation, an NGO in Agra, came up with a novel idea to assist people over the age of 50 by organising a spouse introduction conference to introduce them to new people in order to begin their second innings of life with a new partner and to alleviate loneliness.
On the very first day of the conference, 50 men and 6 women, above the age of 50 registered their names.
Natu Bhai Patel, president of the organisation stated, “First of all the conference is only for 50 plus and it is absolutely free of cost and there are no restrictions of caste and religion. It is very difficult to spend time at this age when the spouse gets separated. In today’s age, when children are with their parents they don’t want to keep the elderly and leave them in the ashram, so the need for a companion increases, so we hold an introduction meeting for men and women over 50 years of age. The single person can start the second inning by applying for his spouse, I request everyone to bring their parents and in-laws and join them in the new beginning.”
Talking about this conference he added, “Earlier we organised such event in Gujarat where 183 elderly couples got married and this is the 70th edition of the spouse introduction conference.”
Jagdish Mittal, Anubandh Foundation Agra, said, “Till now we have already registered 60 people above the age of 50. No one has objected to our noble cause, and everyone called and supported us. Six females registered themselves and we are expecting more women to come forward and join us.”
Elders from neighbouring states Mathura, Delhi, Aligarh and Meerut are also registering themselves.
