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Journey of aging

March / April / May / 2021

In this edition Chai Khana explores the myriad issues of growing old in the South Caucasus. We are looking at the stories that tell the journey of aging—everything from age discrimination and extreme poverty to the new challenges wrought by Covid and the challenges (and joys) of caring for an elderly loved one.

Funny how it all falls away

Author : Mano Svanidze

Alone and struggling to survive

Author : Tatevik Tshughuryan

Kirshan

Filmmaker : Atanur Nabiyeva

A love story, the final chapter

Photographer : Karen Khachaturov

I, Khrushchev: Forbidden romance in Soviet Georgia

Author : Giorgi Rodionov

A life of broken dreams

Journalist : Leyla Orujova

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Photographer : Sultana Ahmadbayli

Women in Azerbaijan use ancient craft to feed families

Filmmaker : Gular Abbasova

‘He is my everything’

Journalist : Armine Avetisyan

Searching for luck: Miss Red and her amulets

Journalist : Ella Kanegarian

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Photographer : Artem Mikryukov

Street artists at home during lockdown

Filmmaker : Amina Mammadova

Resurrecting dead dreams

Filmmaker : Tekla Tevdorashvili

Restart

Filmmaker : Mariam Grigoryan

Growing old at Shaki Bazaar

Author : Emin Mathers

In between shifts

Filmmaker : Teona Chakvetadze

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Filmmaker : Ekaterina Kharbedia

"A year with no music"

Journalist : Amalia Margarian

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Photographer : Artem Mikryukov

Grandma, by choice

Journalist : Ramil Zamanov

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Photographer : Chichek Bayramli

Fading Ophelia

Journalist : Durna Safarova

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Photographer : Nata Vahabova

Someone to talk to

Journalist : Sara Khojoyan

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Photographer : Vaghinak Ghazaryan

3songs

Filmmaker : Merri Mkrtchyan

Grandmas in Azerbaijan find power through singing

Author : Mirbagir Ismayilov

A package of care

Author : Mariam Alikhanashvili

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Photographer : Saba Gorgodze

Old age between four walls

Author : Aygul Gurbanova