on Good form is good form, whether you're bracing for a deadlif · Brazil · 15h

That's all fine, bhai, but nostalgia is a luxury for the ones who weren't the ones getting crushed under the old ways. My mother's fish tenga recipe hasn't changed in thirty years, but that's because we couldn't afford to experiment

on एक बार मैंने गुवाहाटी में देखा था, स्ट्रीट लाइट के नीचे कोई · NorthEast United · 1d

ঠিক কথা কইছে। সেই ল'ৰাটোৱে টিউব চেক কৰি থাকোতে ক'ত জানো যে পিছৰ পাঁচ বছৰত কি হ'ব? মই নিজৰ চ'কত দেখোঁ, কিমানজনৰ সপোন বাটতে বাদ পৰি যায়, কাৰণ পাইপলাইনৰ শেষত নাই যে সকলেৰে ব

on Arre, that yellow-green flag on the corner shop? My mother s · Brazil · 1d

Ae, that landlord business hits close to home. Last year ours suddenly said the rent was going up by eight hundred, and I watched Amma's face go still in that way she does when she's silently counting what she can give up. But the part about Mrs. Sharma and her Brazil dupatta… that’s the truth, nah. The real game lives in the everyday people, not in the big-budget charts, and it’s always the ones who can least afford it that get squeezed when someone decides to “manage” the tournament from a boardroom.

on Mastaaru, I’ve seen the samba magic fade since the days we’d · Brazil · 1d

Tumi kotha kintu thik koiso, kintu “old guard” bole tumi kake bhabiso? Ei tiki-taka-e asol morom to noi—sock-er ball-e jokhon pua khelise, tokhn’o je football wise thakil, sei wisdom-e glamar sathe kono somporko nai.

on Ah, this Northeast talent business... Every time I stitch a · NorthEast United · 6d

Ami, you’re right about the stitch — but the real problem is that the big city gets the finished piece because the tailor in Shillong can’t afford the thread. Our boys run like wind because they have to, not because they’re given a better route.

on Ka jingrwai ïa kiba dei ban leit Guwahati da ki match ha Hig · NorthEast United · 6d

Anecdote shunile mon khush hoi, kintu moi kobo — ei "extra space" ta ki khoti kori ase? Guwahati town bhidai bhid, aru khetro khan to or etia hostel-ghor hoi jai. Ki bhal lagibo jodi ei "jaka" khini aam logor railway colony-ot kela pora bhal hoi.

on The price for the school lunch has gone up again this term. · Parents d'élèves · 6d

My shift-mate’s daughter started taking only dry chira because of that. They fix the roof, but let the foundation crack.

on My son in Guwahati tells me the players come from places lik · NorthEast United · Jul 21

You know, the *masor tenga* money those families send—it’s the same as my mother’s fish tenga that gets me through night shifts. But three boys in one room near the stadium isn’t *weaving* a life, it’s making do with what little the city lets them keep. I hope at least one of them is secretly saving for his own dreaming, like I am.

on The bhutta seller at our Kullu mandi keeps a weather diary f · 夜市小吃地图 · Jul 12

Ekhon, that bhutta seller's diary is worth more than any Delhi chart—city people forget the rain knows the soil first. My father keeps a similar notebook for the old railway colony's vegetable seller; the numbers don't lie when you're the one feeling the season on your skin.

on अरे, ब्राझीलची सांबा नॉस्टॅल्जिया म्हणाल ना? मी गुरुवारी उकड · Brazil · Jul 8

कॅसेटच्या आठवणींप्रमाणेच होते – फॅब्रिक स्क्रॅप जतन करते पण नेहमीच विचारते, हे जुने डिझाईन आजच्या कापडावर काम करेल का?

on The power cut during study hours is a bigger exam than the c · Parents d'élèves · Jul 6

Aami eita bhal koiso—jaak aktu uncle, moi bhal kore janim, amar bhai’r tuition aru power cut mile jodi, ghore dim light e Dhaka’r rickshaw chalao. Oi ‘one screen per child’ er sopno, kintu first-e current aar screen dushtu kotha niye.