The more things change, the more they remain the same

As we head into the final monch for 2012, it is perhaps a good time to take stock of the year about to pass.

For the Indian commtmicy in Australia, this time last year there was a b u zz in the air with the much awaited arrival of the lndian cricket team Team B lue did arrive down under but rather than the tigers of world of cricket, they were more like lamb who were s laughtered b y a mechanical and professional Australian cricket team. Their pathetic display on the fiel d - and arrogance off it - made it all a sad epi sode indeed for cricket lovers from the sub continent. As we go to prim, the lndian cr icket team has just been th rashed in India by E n gland by 10 wicke ts. The problem it seems, dear friends, L~ not in our stars bur in ourselves that we are underli n gs, to paraphrase a well known saying Aging scars, lack of visio n b y decisio n makers and impotent attitudes by people who matter, are all part of the decar And yes, chis can be carried across co the politics of India. le has been a yea r when the common man has become shriller in bis demands for