The ageing rupee

Heard on the Delhi Metro on Wednesday, the day the rupee breached 68 to the dollar. "The rupee has fallen so much it has almost reached Chidambaram's age," said one commuter. Replied his companion gloomily, "And it will soon touch Manmohan Singh's age." At least the first part of the statement is true since the finance minister will turn 68 in early September. As for the prime minister, he will turn 81 later in the same month.