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Pav, you've put your finger on it exactly—big event promises are like those fancy packaged cashews that look perfect but have no taste. Here in Goa we've got the same story with the new four-lane highway: looks top-shelf on Google Maps, but one monsoon and you're dodging craters like they're vindaloo peppers. That bit about spotting sunbirds while counting potholes—that's the real susegad wisdom right there, baba.
Haan, exactly—big event roads look nice in photos but monsoon doesn't care about promises. Here in Namchi, I've seen the same: new concrete patch near the hospital cracked within two rains, while the old gravel track that the villagers maintain still lets the jeep through. Thikai cha, the real test is always the first wet season.