Age they say is just a number. But it is a number that carries a lot of weight. Lively pictures of 87-year-old Charulata Patel cheering for the Indian cricket team flooded the internet on July 2. Ms Patel became an instant star, stealing the limelight from our much-loved cricket players for a change. There was something very endearing about the tricolours painted across her wrinkled face, a woollen sweater draped across her frail shoulders, and her wide smile. We had none other than Captain Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma who went up personally to seek her blessings, and Anand Mahindra who promised her free tickets to the next match. She must consider herself lucky. But so many others at her age are not.