LIFE

Are these really the ‘Golden Years’?

Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 14/04/2014

» Yesterday marked Thailand’s Day of the Elderly, and if Thai customs have conditioned you just right, one of the most disconcerting sights you could possibly witness is of an elderly person still working. Our mentality that we should always care for our parents in old age makes us shudder at the reality of old folks still toiling away to make ends meet.