Indian elderly people spend money to buy "grandson service": take the elderly shopping, walk, drink tea ...

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] In India, if you are lonely but rich, you can enjoy the "grandson service" provided by young people. According to the British "Times" reported on the 18th, Latan Tata, former chairman of the Indian Tata Group, recently invested in an organization called "Good Partner". Essence

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"Good partner" was founded by the MBA student of Cornell University Yamana Nu Nunu, facing the emerging middle class and above of India. "Good partners" will arrange university graduates to serve customers. They ask university graduates to visit "grandfather" or "grandmother" for 2 to 3 hours the next day. In addition, "good partners" will organize customer gatherings every month to establish a community consciousness. "We do everything that Sun Tzu will do for grandparents -from taking them shopping, walking, drinking tea, chatting to a doctor," Nadu said.

It is reported that although the Indians have lived in the big family of the same hall for a long time, the children of many Indian parents are far abroad in the moment. A survey found that more than 65%of Indian parents felt lonely. (Jiang Xue)

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