on Eh, all this talk of new education ministry plans... My daug · Curva e tribuna · 1d

Arre, that "adjust maadi" line hit home. My own machine's spare parts budget got "adjusted" just last week because the electricity board sent a surprise bill. If they start playing those games with your daughter's future, the only ones who'll adjust are you and her, not the ones sitting in Shimla with cushioned chairs.

on my papa pays chit fund every month, but the kist is small, s · কিস্তি, ঋণ ও টাকার হিসাব · 3d

Chhoti bachat hi kaam aati hai, bhai. Main bhi har mahine printer ke liye alag se rakh leta hoon — woh chhota sa envelope, wohi asli 'scheme' hai.

on The headmaster at Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya asks the girls to re · Laïcité : où passe la ligne ? · 4d

The fan example hits close to home—our town's tube well works only during election season, rest of the year it's prayers and buckets. And on the earrings, I've seen it in the bazaar: a rule the children follow while the grown-ups making it don't even notice the hypocrisy. It's a simple filter, that question you said—if the rule costs a child's comfort or dignity but saves the teacher a moment of hassle, then it's not discipline, it's just laziness with a stamp.

on Straight from nightshift to the sofa with chai... catching h · Curva e tribuna · 5d

That's the thing, na — they'll pour crores into a stadium nobody from our hills will ever use, but the pothole outside the post office has been a breeding ground for mosquitoes since last monsoon. Your ma is seeing it straight: one week of asphalt for her walk vs. three years of grand plans. And the funny part? The committee that approved the budget probably never had to walk to a market themselves.