Students of St Karen’s Primary School take part in an inter-generation walkathon organised by HelpAge India in Patna on Tuesday. At least 500 senior citizens and 200 students from St Karen’s High School, St Paul’s High School and Bankipore Higher Secondary School took part in the event to mark the International Day of Older Persons (that falls on October 1). The walkathon started from SK Memorial Hall. The students carried placards with messages of protecting the elderly and saving nature. Text by Shambhavi Singh, picture by Jai Prakash