Life After Retirement

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LIFE AFTER RETIREMENT Life after retirement is bliss. I must admit that this concept of blissful retired life is a late realization on my part at the age of mid sixty. A decade ago when my better-half first talked of her plan to seek voluntary retirement foregoing her five years of service of hectic life of meetings/conferences at national/international level whole family including myself and our only daughter, Aparna, vehemently opposed to the idea. Our only concern was as to how she would adjust to the sedentary life of retirement. A close watch on her movements coupled with those of mine and activities of a few of my friends have led me to come to the conclusion that retired life is a relaxed life with enjoyment as it is devoid of tension of bringing up offspring who have already settled by the time one retires. With whole life income one is also in a position to build up a dwelling place of one’s own. Pension coupled with monthly income scheme takes care of the daily needs of the family and other social obligations. However to live life fully with zest one should do the following: • Keep sometime daily for yoga, meditation and walking. • Enjoy morning cup of tea with a newspaper in hand • Spend a good amount of time for social activities like ensuring cleanliness around your residential area; occasionally visiting hospitals, old-age homes, children care centre so as to give company to the patients and underprivileged. • Develop some hobbies like reading books, gardening, Listening to/practicing music/ musical instruments depending on the knack of an individual. My friend Basakda (In Bengali a senior friend is addressed as “Da”) has been devoting daily two hours time each in the morning and evening practicing music since last fourteen years after retirement. My other friend aged 74 years gets absorbed in playing Sitar. Poddarda spend considerable time to
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