Is every joker a Tendulkar?

I will have to wait for more than a year to reach the age of India’s youngest prime minister but, of late, I am left cheering any good deed done by old people. Not that I feel old but I am increasingly being branded old.

Let’s say it’s mainly happening because of media’s exaggerated projections about what the 20 somethings are 'achieving'. I know Steve Jobs was 20 when he became king of Apple. But I would like to believe Steve achieved it despite his age, not because of his age. He may be able to do it better now. May be not ditto for Tendulkar, but then sportspersons have a shorter shelf life.

So do I have to be a teenager to achieve something?

I thought I got the answer 'no' after I saw my charms working with nubiles. They have made me believe that I am Peter Pan. But now my wife tells me that getting attracted to girls half my age is the real sign of old age. I guess it's VRS time.

Unshackled

In the bad old days, when God wanted to free his people from slavery, He sent pestilence and gnats and what not. But only after the first born of every Egyptian was slain did pharaoh free the Israelites.

But here’s the story of Israel with a difference. The chosen ones voluntarily remained slaves and pharaoh sent pestilence upon them so that they may leave. When the slaves were confused, there rose Moses from among them.

He is now leading an exodus not by crossing the desert and dividing the sea but crossing the sea and landing on a desert. Moses II left alone but has inspired an exodus and pharaoh will only be too glad to get rid of the children of Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Zabulon, Dan, Nephthali, Gad, Aser, Joseph and Benjamin