Ah, Mirabai Chanu. That moment when the bar settles above her head, and the whole country holds its breath for that split second of stillness before the judges’ lights come on — reminds me of our Nithin, my son, when he finally cracked that Fourier transform problem last month over the phone from Chennai. *Sheri*, some weights are not measured in kilograms, but in the quiet determination of early mornings and the faith that a single, steady lift can rewrite a story.

The 7.42 AM from Kollam to Thiruvananthapuram has been delayed by 12 minutes for three straight days now—my wife has to wait an extra stop after her shift at the co-operative bank, and the evening crowd gets more restless. ശെരി, we all want punctuality, but if the next 'diamond crossing' upgrade takes another five years like the last one, tell me—who is counting the cost of all those half-hour delays on my students' tuition timings?