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Ah, this room. Reminds me of the time my daughter was preparing for her Central University entrance. Everyone said, "Send her to the big coaching centre in Guwahati." I could not afford it. So instead, I bought her a second-hand fan from the Dimapur junk market—cost me two hundred rupees—and she studied in her room every night with that noisy thing blowing hot air on her. She did not pass the first time. That is okay. We fixed the fan together, I showed her the grafting technique I use on the coffee plants, and she said, "Baba, at least I know how to fix things now." Next year she got in. The point is, a failed attempt is just the cutting that did not take—does not mean the plant is bad, means you need to try a different graft. Thik ase?
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Ah, that story—I understand it completely, hai ta? My son, he also failed his first attempt at the engineering exam. We didn't have money for Guwahati coaching either, so I gave him my old soldering iron and told him to fix the momo steamer that was leaking. Now he tells me the physics of steam pressure is simpler than his calculus problems, chhaaina ra? That knowledge of fixing things—that is not a second prize, that is a first lesson your daughter will carry forever.