India loses a test series with New Zealand. White wash after 24 years. Rohit, Kohli could not measure up to their usual levels. Entering the World Test Championship has become very tight.
We need 2-3 people for every village, dedicated to N-way centric ‘development, livelihoods, wellbeing, collectivization, communitization, agency, tuitions, 7R literacy, basic education, health, nutrition, plans, and convergence. Leaders, mentors, and anchors. 2.5 million hands in the country. 2.5 lakh hands to handhold, nurture. 25,000 @3 per block/mandal. 2,500 @3 per district. 250 @10 per state. 250@10 per theme, dimension. Can we get 1000 in the cohorts in the next 1000 days, so that 500 senior active leaders, mentors, and experts emerge? A movement to take off.
People are retiring at various ages in public and private organizations, and government. It appears 67 is the maximum age for retirement in the world. There could be exceptional case-by-case extensions post-retirement. Up to 10 years. In politics, for political positions, there is no maximum age limit officially. Some parties announced 75 as the retirement age as an advisory. In businesses, companies, cooperatives, NGOs, partnerships etc., there is no retirement for directors, promoters, and founders. In families, there is no retirement. For wage workers, self-employed. In Union and state Governments also, it is varying. For most people, it is 60 years. In Telangana, it is 61 and in AP, it is 62. Most public limited companies, for staff, it is 60 years. For Civil services, it is 60. For the Army and Navy, it is 54-58 years. Airforce, it is 60. Railways, 62. High Court Judges, 62. Supreme Court – 65. Chiefs of Army. Navy, Airforce – 62. Chief of Defence staff – 65. University, IIT, IIM, Higher Education et al Professors – 65. Medical doctors – 65. Scientists, it is proposed to be taken to 65.
Current life expectancy is 71. Most people work into their 70s. Agility and metabolism may slow down. But their intellect, advices, and demo abilities persist. We have a case for increasing the retirement age. How does 65 sound for all? For professors, scientists, management, leadership professionals, and judges, this could be 70. And exceptional people may get another 5-year extension. Can we also set the maximum age for political position at 75? With no extension under any circumstances. Can we also ask all wage workers, self-employed to retire from work by 65? Can we offer a decent pension, decent insurance to all from 65 upwards? Can we also keep a voluntary retirement option after putting 20 years of service? Can there be a minimal pension for people who opted for voluntary retirement from any employment? Can we also screen the staff, after 20 years first, every 10 years thereafter for their suitability, willingness to continue, and eject the unsuitable, unwilling? Can we have provisions to take people as volunteers on a token remuneration and actual costs/per diem costs, as a matter of routine? Can we also have stipends for the young unemployed, underemployed, and 100 days NREGA work for the skilled, educated, and talented too?
Can we appreciate 15-20 years after retirement? Precious. More efficient, effective, meaningful, useful, purposeful, experiential, and scaling. Could be more deliberate, peace-giving, and joyous. Could be building legacy, future leaders. Supporting nextGen. Could be not seeking to make extraordinary money, just meeting simple existential needs. Can we tap these 15-20 years of so many around us? Can we help them to lead, plan, do and track journeys, connections, conversations, actions, and supports?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, keep flowing, with intelligent, experience. In N? vaanaprastayoga for 7L.
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