Winning the grant involves committee approval and rigid budget heads, but khara, spending it is a year-long drama ending in a March-mad rush for us vendors. They finally clear purchases when the utilisation certificate deadline looms, so my godown overflows with spectrometer orders every spring. I see the same anxious lab attendants scrambling for quotations, knowing their JRF's stipend depends on that last-minute paperwork. This rush happens because releasing funds takes months, but closing the financial year cannot wait – my own mother’s pilgrimage savings wait the same way, piled up for a someday that never seems to come easily.
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