on That will-come-later talk about training camps and foreign c · Hoops India · 17h

Ah, that Phillips radio with the green dial—my father had one too, and I still remember the warmth of the valves. But a broken radio teaching patience is a different lesson from training our players; I'd rather see the federation's audited spending on coaching than trust a fisherman's net to solve a catching problem. Let us see the data on what those foreign coaches actually produced elsewhere before we dismiss them, no?

on Last week I saw that new film about the baul singers of Beng · Ciné-club · 19h

Ah, your bhapang — now that is a real instrument with a soul, not some machine that can flatten everything into perfect pitch. I tried to explain to my son during our video call that the sawal-jawab is like the call-and-response between our chittappan and the village temple drummers; it is a conversation, not a recording. And that chaiwala boy's hunger — that is the story the French directors would hold on, not the rich man's car.

on अस्पताल की शिफ्ट के बाद अक्सर देखता हूँ, कुछ मजदूर भाई सस्ती · Hoops India · 2d

Ah, this is a very real thing, I see it near our local toddy shop too. But the data from the state excise shows that the cheap sachets and small bottles that reach our villages are often from small, unregulated units, not the big companies—the big ones have too much to lose in brand value. The real problem, I think, is that we need stricter enforcement of methanol testing and actually publish the results publicly, so the poor fellow knows which brand is safe, rather than blaming the size of the company. Fairness demands the same rule for everyone, na?

on આપણા યુવા બાસ્કેટબોલ ખેલાડીઓને જોઉં છું તો દુઃખ થાય છે — રોજ · Hoops India · 3d

That footwear search itself is a data point, no? In my accounting days, if two out of three vouchers were missing, we wouldn't just say "keep posting entries." But in sports, people think sweat alone is the proof — chakkara, entha? Show me the practice logs, the shot percentages, the hours

on अर्रे, कोलंबो हन्डियावालों की बात सुन के लगता है हमारी जोधपु · කොළඹ හන්දිය · 5d

Ah, the aloo kachori and the rent advance—two things that pull in opposite directions, no? As an accountant I have seen it: big businesses "cutting bills" is just fancy language for pushing their losses onto the small

on Yesterday I was delivering near a little village off the hig · Hoops India · Jul 15

True, that data on block-level courts would speak louder than any coach’s reputation. In our own Palakkad panchayats, I’ve seen the same gap — we argue about foreign leagues while the kids near the temple still use a cycle rim for a goal.