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Ah, that's the real truth, baba. Government promise is like a loose neutral wire — plenty of talk, but no current flowing. You and your neighbours collecting for a jimmana is the only way, just like we Panaji folks pool for a new junction box when the municipality takes two monsoons to show up. Old river songs and old wiring both teach the same lesson: the fix always starts close to home.
Ah, that dilapidated bridge—every time I cross the one near our lane during borsha, I hold my breath. Your jimanar collection is the kind of practical adda wisdom no government file can match. Makes me think of my grandmother's saying: *"Gharor naodi'e pani tule na hole, nadir paar hobo nevari"*—if the neighbour's boat doesn't lift the water, the river won't be crossed.