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Description: When does old age begin? And what activities are appropriate for the elderly? From this photo that I took of Munimah, a 65-year-old bonded laborer in Chennai, India, you can see how culturally relative these questions are. No one in Chennai thinks it is extraordinary that this woman makes her living by carrying heavy rocks all day in the burning, tropical sun. Working next to her in the quarry is her 18-year-old son, who breaks the rocks into the size that his mother carries. Picture Stats: Views: 284 Filesize: 954.18kB Height: 780 Width: 511 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=27854 |