Introduction: There is always a strong correlation between power, autonomy and emotional well-being. A person with full au tonomy can determine his/her potentiality, feel free to do whatever they wanted to do and able to evaluates their __ampersandsignlsquo;self__ampersandsignrsquo; by personal standards. Objective: To assess the impact of autonomy and power in the emotional well-being among the aged population living in a tra ditional rural cultural context. And also to observe the impact of modernity and changing social values and its impact on family integration and the emotional well-being of elderly people. Methods: Abductive research strategy has been prepared for this study with its tools and techniques in collecting and analysing data. For the study total of 15 respondents (comprised of 8 aged males and 7 aged females) has been selected in the age group of 60 and above from the selected villages and conducted qualitative in-depth interviews. In the next phase total of 3 focus group discussions (FGDs) have been organized. An active non-participant observation has also been made during the whole study. Finally, Narrative Analysis (NA) has been done to analyse the data. Results: The results reveal that the elderly__ampersandsignrsquo;s emotional well-being is positively associated with their power and autonomy within the family. Elderly with full power and autonomy within the family were enjoying strong emotional well-being than the aged with less power and autonomy. However, the elderly__ampersandsignrsquo;s socio-economic background has a serious impact on the construction of emo tional well-being among the aged population being investigated. Also, gender differences have been observed throughout the study. Conclusion: Thus, the study identified power and autonomy as the significant element of emotional well-being in later life.