It is natural for any employee to bid adieu to his office after hitting the retirement age. A retiring staff leaves his/her office with enriched memories and experiences though they are hale and hearty. Recently, I retired from The Rising Nepal (TRN) where I worked for three decades.
Towards the end of my career at the oldest English broadsheet daily, I also became its managing editor, which offered me a lot of knowledge of handling the administrative part. In fact, I enjoyed working with my colleagues at TRN. Our friendship went beyond the newsroom rapport.
We used to go to sip tea together around the Hanumandhoka Durbar Square during the break time and crack jokes, throwing glancing into the fashionable people visiting there to take snaps and make TikTok videos. On the day of retirement, chairman of the Gorkhapatra Corporation Bishnu Prasad Subedi invited me in his chamber for a farewell programme. Gathered there were General Manager Lal Bahadur Airi, Acting Editor-in-Chief Bhimsen Thapaliya, editors of other sister publications, branch managers and other senior staff.
They wished me fruitful days in the years to come, stating that every employee would retire on the age ground. They praised me as a kind, hardworking man. I will never forget the sweet words showered on me by them.
On my last day at the office, colleagues and friends organised a farewell function. Samosa and Jeri were served to all gathered to garnish the occasion. They gave me a token of love that cherishes .
