Ring out the OLD

There's life left, yet, in this aged and ageing year.... 31st December seems so near and yet so far, so this "headline" - Ring out the Old - is deliberately deceptive... and has nothing at all, really, to do with the imminent roll over to 2013.

No, I'm talking about the small, unimportant detail that India - a nation of around 126 crore humans, a nation that is undisputedly "young" with more than 40% of the population less than 25 years of age - witnessed an anniversary yesterday.... 

The Indian National Congress Party celebrated its 127th anniversary (see the photo here: http://epaper.indianexpress.com/78471/Indian-Express-Mumbai/29-December-2012#page/10/1) - a young nation, with an average age hovering around 40, led by a party that is 127 years old, peopled by geriatrics (oh, how much I wish the creators of Asterix were here to give an image to this picture!! - would Manmohan be Geriatrix, Chidambaram the Fulliautomatix and Sonia be Letutia? I wonder?)

Where, on earth, are the "Young Turks" - where are Sachin (Pilot, not Tendulkar - and, irony of ironies, the latter named has become too "old" while the former is "too young"), Jyotiraditya, Deepender or, even, wonder of wonders, our very own crown prince THE Rahul (Gandhi, not Dravid)?

I say, fellas, before you put on those party hats and begin to usher in 2013... spend a moment to contemplate this drunken and/or sobering thought. Ring out the old..... ring in the young!