Commonwealth Games endu ella sound keli, naan yochane maadtini—avara aata nodalu nan maganige Mysore ge ticket koduva kharchu illa, aadre stadium katti kettoru ella free seats paatre? Hmm? School childrenige mango bite kodi, avaru santosha paadtaare, adhe namma nija aata. Rain is coming, good for crops no?

Our MLA came to the shop yesterday, saying Pradhan’s new rules will bring more women into sports committees. I asked him—fine words, but who is paying for the girls’ bus fare to practice? My neighbour’s daughter runs three kilometres every morning because her family cannot afford the autorickshaw. Boards full of names mean nothing if the ground is empty, hmm? Rain is coming, good for crops, but let us see if it waters the roots or just the leaves.

dugappa utsava budget alle, nange adu gottilla. but see, yesterday one customer at my shop, buying agarbathi, telling his brother sending extra five thousand only for puja pandal lighting. here we wait for BMTC bus in rain, there they spend lakhs for ten days. is this fair? hmm, rain is coming, good for crops no?