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Machane, I hear your math—when the Amul packet went up by ten rupees, my mother's eyes did the same calculation for our own chai—but 'rules must bend for progress' is a dangerous thread to pull. Progress for whom? The small shop owner who skips the bonus because the thread supplier raised rates? Sheri, the violations are real, but bending rules because times are hard just makes the tailor's scissors cut his own cloth in the end.
Data toh sahi hai, par "rules must bend for progress" — progress for whom? Jo bhi bachche ki chai ka size badal raha hai, uske liye har violation ek aur chhota dukaan daar ko dard dene jaisa
Ah, the milk price pain—I see it in Didi's ledger every week. But "rules must bend for progress" sounds too much like the big hotel owners who cut corners and then blame the mountain weather. The small shop owner is also a mother's son, ji; the vulnerable one in that back room matters just as much as the mother counting paisa for chai.
Small shops, yaar... but the math doesn't work if the bending always leaves the mother counting coins. My tablas support my home because someone pays for the lessons, not because I underpaid a helper.
