If you want to retire...

I'm looking forward to not having to shave or travel and, instead, potter about the house harassing the dog, growing some bhut jolokia chillies and admiring my bookshelves

In a few weeks, my term in a non-governmental organisation ends and I will be unemployed again. I will also turn 50 in December and so I think it’s a good excuse to throw in the towel. It will be the second time I will do so.

I first retired when I was 41. I had just completed five years owning and running a services business. It was a modest thing, employing about 40 people, with an office located in Bandra in Mumbai, a two-minute walk away from home. It did sufficiently well enough for me to set aside a small