RETIREMENT THOUGHTS

60. A glorious age. An age when you are considered wise. And venerated. When you are respected. An age when you are expected to retire.

60 years has been kept as the age for retirement. An age when it is supposed that the individual is not at his productive best and that he should pave way for the younger generation. I don't have any issues with the physical aspect of this thinking- it is true that a person is not at his physical best at the aforementioned age. But wisdom and experience, they are probably at a cumulative high. Still, people are retired from their jobs at 60.

Well, in fact, I don't actually have issues with people retiring at 60. They have done quite a lot in their life and its time they take a break and enjoy life, if they wish. What I don't understand is this- Why don't our politicians retire at 60? Why isn't there an upper age limit
for our policymakers? If it is a rule that Government servants should retire at 60, then why not those servants who run the Government too be included?

I think that we all know the answer. Politics and public office are lucrative careers nowadays. Worth more than any other profession. And since they are the lawmakers, they are adept at mending ways and finding loopholes in any provision that may be suggested. And sometimes, they blatantly pass laws for their own benefit disregarding even the judiciary of the country.

Still, its a thought. Maybe, someday, we may see a politician retire at 60!