Living with adult children in Australia: What Indian parents gain, and quietly lose

Background Image: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney. (Credit: Scott E Barbour/Getty Images). Inset from left to right: Anil Khanna, Vinita Khanna, Neera Kapoor and Neeraja Shankar. Credit: Supplied respectively.

Indian parents and senior citizens living in Australia often move closer to their children in search of comfort, family connection and a better quality of life. But this journey also comes with emotional and social adjustments, including loneliness, cultural adaptation and changes in daily routine. In this podcast, we hear from Neera Kapoor and Anil Khanna, along with Neeraja Shankar, a mental health expert and clinical psychologist, to understand the lived experiences, challenges and coping mechanisms of ageing in a migrant setting.

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Published 1 May 2026 11:00am

Updated 6 May 2026 12:54pm

By SBS Hindi

Presented by Nabeel Hasan

Source: SBS

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Indian parents and senior citizens living in Australia often move closer to their children in search of comfort, family connection and a better quality of life. But this journey also comes with emotional and social adjustments, including loneliness, cultural adaptation and changes in daily routine. In this podcast, we hear from Neera Kapoor and Anil Khanna, along with Neeraja Shankar, a mental health expert and clinical psychologist, to understand the lived experiences, challenges and coping mechanisms of ageing in a migrant setting.

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