Dimensions of Female Aging and Widowhood-Insights from Kerala Experience

Insights from Kerala Experience Leela Gulati With the process of aging considerably more advanced in Kerala, it is there that the problems aging poses, including those linked specifically to the preponderance of women among the aged and the incidence of widowhood, will have to be faced first. But with the rest of the country likely to catch up in due course, the experience and insights gained in Kerala in grappling with these problems could be very useful. The problems connected with aging which Kerala currently faces have, therefore, to be tackled as national problems and solutions thought of nationally.