Abstract
<jats:p>Chapter 2 examines how distress accumulates in the body over time. Focused on the experiences of elderly Gaddi women, it shows how the loss of a livelihood, and the whole world of moral practices that came with it, results in feelings of obsoletion and neglect. It shows how this is experienced most acutely through generational rupture, where a younger generation of Gaddis refuse to practice the economic and ritual labor that an elder generation sees as vital. As a result, the lifetime of hardship that elderly people have experienced goes unreciprocated, leaving them no choice but to continue working even in their old age. The distress that issues from this relational rupture is framed as kamzori, or the depletion of bodily substance—substance that ought to have been replenished through the love and care of their children and grandchildren.</jats:p>