BushWACA by India!

India has won the Perth test in a cliffhanger and without taking a cue from it the new ODI has been announced in which Dada and Dravid do not find a place. It has really been a bold but controversial decision of the selectors. Few have even gone to the extent of calling them names.
Yesterday, I was going through a World Cup TT match in which the young Indian side ousted the mighty Proteans in a tantalizing and gritty display of raw and fearless cricketing talent. It was a match in which Rohit Sharma from Mumbai excelled as a batter as well as a fielder. His devicing an impossible run-out was awesome. It made me realize that we need supple cricketers in the quicker format- the ODI's or TT. Dada has been awesome in the year 2007 amassing the highest ODI runs for Team India. However, he and Dravid do not carry the spark of Jonty Rhodes or our very own Dinesh Kartick, Yuvi, Robin Utthapa or for that matter Rohit Sharma. Fielding can be ignited by inspiration and if batting and bowling matter, let us not forget that fielding is given a short shrift. It also matters. Do not forget that catches win matches. Here, Team India has always been weak. For the first time, we have a team comprinsing the young blood that is raring to go for any shot in the stadium. We will have to supress our emotions for the larger good. A young and promising team is in the making. Personally, I idolize Sachin. However, for the sake of the larger good, if Sachin is axed once in a while to retun into fold later or take some rest temporarily, I will supress my love for the God of Indian cricket.
Let us think of a befitting team for the would be economic superpower-INDIA!!!

Do the bones age faster than the mind?

It is bones vs mind for quite a few. Now what gets older fast is the issue. Weakness with passage of time in both is a given-gradual and inevitable. Can we have a technological paraphernalia that is able to quantify the strength quotient in both?
I have been around quite a few oldies who are suffering from osteo-arthritis and still have a very nimble mind. I wonder if old age has caught up with them just to decide how much sorry shall I feel for them. It goes without saying that on some other moments someone else will be contemplating a similar conundrum for me.
However, when I perceive the mental alacrity of these oldies I wish I could have returned into the fold similarly.