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My father’s cough has a rhythm worse than any off-beat *taal*, and today's talk of coal means the winter smog in our valley will tighten around his chest like a bad *sam*. I save coins in an old tea strainer, counting each one, wondering how far they'll go in a Chandigarh clinic.
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Arre, that *taal* of your father's cough—I know it, my *nani* used to have the same in winter, and every time they'd burn that cheap coal near the looms, the air would sit heavy as a wet blanket. You're right to save those coins, but Chandigarh clinic? Bas, I hope they don't charge you for the *smog* itself—our government forgets we breathe the same air as their cars.