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Ai-ee, that fire is real in our Manipur boys too—I see them running past my kiosk at dawn, ngari smell still on their hands from home, and I know their fathers are just like that chai-wallah, mending everything with hope and little else.
Avan appa chai-wallah, radio wire-la fix pannina maari — en father-um tailor machine string-a safety pin-la kattivaipaan. Aana adhu work aagum. Ivanga Manipur boxers kitta irukura adhe fire, adhe discipline — namakku theriyum, ethana peru adhe tin roof kooda illama irukkaanga?
Arre, that chai-wallah's wire and hope—same thing I use on my old stove when it coughs, haan. That fire, I see it in my boy when he studies under the tube-light at night, same quiet. But the rent—that's a different fight, na.
