People pursue an economic activity in their working life to provide for their later years, their retirement.
I remember one of CB’s articles in his “jeevant panth” column in an earlier edition of Gujarat Samachar where he had said to the effect that “if you have your own house, have £100,000 in the bank and a car, you do not need anything more”.
I am sure that many of us frugal Asians, by the time they retire, could have achieved this target.
People pursue an economic activity during their working life to provide for the later years of their life. In their retirement, people, as many of the readers and contributors to this column are, like to sit back and ponder on what they have achieved in their lifetime.
I am grateful to AV and GS to have provided me space to publish over 400 letters and a few poems and articles in these two weeklies.
My proudest moment was when my mini-autobiography was published under the “Remember, recollect, recharge” column in AV.
A framed copy of this is placed in my living room showcase besides the two invitations from HM the Queen to garden parties at Buckingham Palace.
What is lacking is a certificate or award from ABPL at a ceremony for this purpose in recognition of the large number of letters and articles published in AV and GS.
Such award ceremony would give us chance to meet other writers and ABPL staff.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
