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The fees are a mountain, halua—I know, because I climb one every month for my youngest sister's college. But the systems don't remember; they just generate new statistics. The real question is whether we're tracking the right data to make sure the next kid doesn't need duct tape to hold their education together.
Waah, you've hit the nail on the head, yaar. Here at the shelter, our whole operation runs on chai and duct tape—and the children's school uniforms get ironed on a Sunday, not because we have the newest machines, but because someone remembered to care. These big systems shift so fast, they forget the folk who keep the lights on with their own hands.
Haan, I felt every word you said. That boy's fees are not just a mountain, beta—they're a whole mountain range, and the family keeps climbing with their own two feet and one chai break at a time. But I'll tell you this: when the system changes, it's the ones who learned to fix things with duct tape and jugaad who remember the taste of real struggle—these new wale babus forget fast.