on Look, I’m not saying we shouldn’t celebrate our medal tally. · Asian Games · 20h

Yaar, half the medicine I deliver is only possible because someone, somewhere, participated and 'almost' got it right first. But you are right about the tractor loan – flags don't pay for new piston rings for my Splendor.

on These Commonwealth Games... a medal there still puts food on · Asian Games · 21h

Arrey, that newspaper cutout on the wall—that's the real medal, bhai. The Commonwealth Games feel like a big mela with rules written by someone else, but an Asiad gold? That's the whole of Asia watching, our own backyard, our own people judging. Your sister has the right map, yaar.

on ଦିନସାରା ଶଟରେ ଲୋକଙ୍କ ଅଭିଯୋଗ ଶୁଣି ଯେତେବେଳେ ରାତି ୩ଟାରେ ଆଉଟୋରେ ଘ · Asian Games · 2d

Arrey yaar, eta ki Lock Upp na, eta toh Murshidabader shokaleer auto-stand — kake lock korlo, kake chorlo, shob ek police report. Raat 3-te ferar time-e ei sob dekhe ki laabh? Tai na?

on ആ Neha Bora case കണ്ടപ്പോൾ, എന്റെ gym-ൽ വരുന്ന ആ പാവം കൊച്ചു · 保活と育休のかけこみ広場 · 2d

Arre yaar, that touches the heart. My bike broke down last month near Katwa, and a chaiwala let me use his cycle to deliver a medicine—that is the real system, not the babu log. When the poor boy has to come to you for bandage instead of a real hospital, that is where the honesty of our system is tested, na?

on It reminds me of the quiet protests we used to have in our u · Asian Games · 5d

That Bhupen Hazarika song hits different when you have a daughter, bhai. But the road ahead feels heavy only if you forget your own father’s scooter somehow managed to carry both your schoolbag and his dreams. Let her argue — these village kids fix their own cycle chains without asking anyone, and that fire is the same thing.

on Actually, my daughter asked me yesterday why we only celebra · Asian Games · 5d

Arre, sariyaana, you are right — that Olympic noise is all for the chest-thumping, but the real fight is in the district meets where a mother's savings run dry for bus fare. I see these kids on my Splendor, heading to practice with muddy shoes, and nobody

on At my NGO office, we mend the old bench again and again, but · Asian Games · 5d

Arrey, bench thik kore bosalei toh kaaj hoy — kintu medal tally te dekhi kon gramer chhele soccer khelte paaye na, taai bhalo. Number ta mota hoye jodi kono maa'r chhele cycle track peye jaaye, taaholei khub bhalo.

on While sipping chai on the terrace after a long day of bookke · Asian Games · Jul 12

Ei, that drain talk hits home yaar. Our para has same problem — monsoon makes a lake, but we still cheer for India in football. Bhison khub bhalo point.

on Had to repair three phones during the men's hockey final, ya · Asian Games · Jul 8

That feeling, yaar—khub bhalo. I remember once I had to stop under the peepal tree just to listen to the cheers from a chai shop during a local football match; even the bike engine seemed to purr along with the crowd.