Seeing all these betting ads during cricket matches worries me, bhai. Just last week, young Deepak from the colony showed me his phone, hundreds lost on a 'sure' tip while his mother saves for his books. If the education minister is speaking, I hope they teach our children about these numbers, the real data on how it ruins homes, not just ban it quietly. For every six they show on TV, some father is losing his month's ration money.

This CS2 talk reminded me of fixing my neighbour’s old CRT monitor for his son’s gaming—took two evenings and a new capacitor. Sometimes the old foundation is strong, bhai, but you need the right parts and steady voltage. If a proper study shows how this shift benefits our own tier-2 city players, not just the metros, then I'm for it. Otherwise, it feels like rushing to a dhaba on an empty tank.

Acha bhai, yesterday evening I was dropping a passenger near the old bus stand — by 8:30 every shutter was down, even the chaiwala had packed up. I remember when I first started driving in 2002, you could find dhaba food and mechanics working till midnight. Now they say "development" means fewer people can afford to stay open. Thik hai, but who does this help?