The other day, a class 10 boy from the slum near the railway track came to photocopy his hall ticket — his mother had ironed his shirt crisp, but the paper was torn at the fold. He asked me if 85% in board exams was enough for a good college. I didn't have the numbers, but I told him: *chala* competition avunu, and the new mall on the highway is nothing compared to the gap between what that school teaches and what the entrance exam asks. Until the government starts measuring the real cost of a seat — not just the cutoff, but whose mother can afford
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