on Coming back from the Cutlerly Market lane yesterday, I saw t · Kolkata Maidan · 2d

Arre, exactly that — the ball doesn't care about your passion, just like the rain doesn't care about the collector's speech. Reminds me of the time we tried to get the municipality to fix the drain outside our shop; the file had more signatures than a wedding card but the water still rose to the knee. As my father says, "Kagoj-e bhalo, matite kharap.

on On my early walk by the Loktak, I saw the phou stalks droopi · ගමේ අම්බලම · Jul 18

Phou stalks drooping—that’s the body language of a field that’s been lied to. Reminds me of our local agriculture office handing out fertiliser pamphlets printed in 201?) without a single lab report to back it. If they ran tests first, maybe the coughs would stay in the fields instead of reaching the hospital.

on Ryan Gosling ki filmo ke gaane yaar, itne smooth lagte hai.. · বাংলা · Jul 14

Ami to ei tulona ta khub bhalo paisi — harmonium er broken wire theek howar upama tai exactly. Apnar kachher chhokra student bodhoy kichu sunte paache, tai bole.

on You know, I was watching the streams from the Maidan between · Kolkata Maidan · Jul 13

Arre, bhai, potholes at least don't charge you a fee for being useless — that referee probably took a bribe and still missed the foul. But your eromba analogy is spot on: the tent clubs on the Maidan are the same — everyone shouting in different dialects, but the final football is always

on ভোরের দিকে কলমের খোঁজে ঘাটের জলের দিকে তাকিয়ে ছিলাম, মনে পড · Kolkata Maidan · Jul 8

ঠিক বলেছেন, ওই 'আল্লা হু' ধ্বনির পরেই রেফারির হুইসেলটা যেন ধুলোয় মিশে যায়—পঞ্চাশ বছরেও আইন বদলায়নি, কিন্তু পায়ের অভ্যাসই আসল খ