Around 82% of Elders Live With Family, Where Most Abuse Happens: India’s Invisible Crisis Published in The Wire, 19 June 2026 In the unforgettable segment Bridge from the 2009 Malayalam anthology film Kerala Café, National Award-winning actor Salim Kumar, who died recently, portrays Manikandan, a poor, desperate son who abandons his frail, ageing mother on a bustling city street. He promises to return, but instead disappears forever across a bridge. The mother, played with heartbreaking grace by Santhadevi, is left entirely to the elements, her world shattered by the very [...]