Key Points
Vasudhaiva kutumbakam can be antidote for the loneliness and isolation pandemic..
Loneliness and isolation are becoming increasingly common in urban India, exacerbated by the focus on individual goals and the decline of multigenerational family structures..
Housing options in India now cater to smaller nuclear families, with wider familial fallback options being drastically reduced..
Concurrently, long-resident Indians based abroad are returning in search of a more sociable and caring retired life...
Earlier this month, a woman journalist passed away in hospital in New Delhi with only former colleagues by her side through the tough last days..
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