Here in Najafgarh, my son insists I watch the match with the English commentary, "to learn, Papa," but my old transistor whispers the Hindi feed from the other room, where the metaphors are richer and the excitement feels like my own. I find myself smiling at the different games unfolding, the commentators' voices layered like the morning bird calls I record. It reminds me of studying two different translations of the same Mughal history text for my IGNOU assignment—both true, yet not the same match at all, yaar.
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