‘Thou shall reap what Thou sow’

Last Sunday, I went out for breakfast with my two housemates and the girlfriend of one of my housemate - Madame I. The place was nice and cozy, although a bit creepy, it was charming, after all it’s Halloween time. Invariably when a Hindu is on table with westerners the conversation has to draw towards spirituality and with me it is almost inevitable. Madame I was curious to know about why we believe in reincarnation. I told her about Karma and how we (read I) especially believe in ‘Thou shall reap what Thou sow’. What I didn’t realise is how quickly I will see live examples in front me.
Rahul Dravid being dropped from the cricket team is hot news in India. People are angry, disappointed and stunned, how can the selectors do this to him? Ex-cricketers are asking for Vensarkar’ head. My take on this, predictably, is that I agree with the selectors. Officially they say he has been rested but we all know he has been dropped. And he should be. He didn’t perform well in a couple of series, why give him more chances? After all as the captain of Team India he did pursue this policy for some players, especially for a particular “Senior player/ex-Captain” called Saurav Ganguly. Now, why change the rules? Now the selectors have asked him to go back to domestic cricket and prove himself to be back in the team. If my memory serves me right, Kiran More and his pack of jokers had advised the same to Ganguly and others like Zaheer Khan. Both these players made a comeback, why can’t Dravid do it? Self Doubt?
How uncanny can be the ways that life teaches us its rules. I guess we don’t have to wait till next birth to repay our debts, the cycle has become much faster in the Internet Age. So Mr. Dravid, you should probably go home and read Geeta, maybe that will make you understand that why the things that happened to you have happened. It is not Vensarkar or Board only to blame here, it’s your Karma and you have repay it!