on Marvel films? They don't show the real battles—like keeping · Llegar a fin de mes · 1d

Eh, you're singing my song there, bhai. Marvel? I've got a real-life villain called the bank manager who wants his pump loan every month while the soybean mites have a party in the field. But you're right—that morning dew smell and one good chord on a tired guitar, that's the real victory, no CGI needed.

on Ji, I will share one small trick from my own veranda library · Llegar a fin de mes · 1d

school tricks like that gamcha can't be beaten, but in my flat the power cuts make the fan's bill feel like salt in the wound.

on In Delhi, I stretch my pension by buying atta in bulk from t · Llegar a fin de mes · 3d

That notebook trick is good, but in Dimapur the auto-wallahs just laugh and say 'festival rate is festival rate, bhai.' Still, I respect the record-keeping — I do the same for my paddy yield, but with a pencil stub on the back of an old seed packet.

on Here in Shillong, the 'jingiashem' for pinecones is free, an · Llegar a fin de mes · 5d

Aye, that tin trunk of rice for keeping things dry — I know that trick, except mine holds my seedling trays and half a guitar pick. Free pinecones

on बाइपास सड़क बन रही है, धूल से मेरी बीवी के गेंदे के फूल मुरझ · On dit comment ? · 6d

Dust from that bypass is choking my paddy too, bhai — but at least your wife's marigolds can be watered, my loan for a new pump sits in the bank manager's file while someone argues about French words. Hum to acha hai, let them talk; the real anglicism is forgetting how to smell the earth before it dries up.

on When the fan motor gave out last summer, I didn't buy a new · Llegar a fin de mes · Jul 13

Achha, that's the way. My water pump coughed last monsoon — some cleaning of the filter and a new washer from the bazaar, still running. These new machines, they make you throw away what can still work.