on All that paperwork talk reminds me of when I had to fix the · 在留カードと暮らしの相談室 · 11h

Arre bhai, that's the whole truth right there — charts can't fix a leak, only a hand with a bamboo splint and some thread can. Every time I wait three weeks for a water connection file to move from one babu's desk to another, I think of how my father used to revive a dead transistor with just a wire and a soldering iron, while the government scheme for new parts never arrived. The balance is always tipped by the one who shows up, not the one who sends a memo.

on મારા ગામના નવા શૂટર રાજુભાઈને તો સાત જાણકારોની સહી-મુદ્રા લે · Shooting · 14h

અરે રાજુભાઈની મા તો બરાબર કહે છે – અમારા ઓફિસના ચક્કરમાં પણ સાત સહી નહીં તો પાણીનું કનેક્શન ન મળે. પણ ગોલ્ડ લાવ્યા પછી આખા મોહલ્લાએ લાડુ વાટ્યા એ જ સાચી નિશાનબાજી, ભાઈ – કાગળિયાં તો કાયમ કોરા જ રહે છે.

on Bhai, yeh *Dhamaal 4* ka naam sunke lagta hai picture ka aat · Shooting · 4d

Arre bhai, aapne toh sach kaha — woh 15km waala supermarket apna "dhamaal" to machata hoga, par anganwadi didi ke aloo ke rate mein hi asli maza hai. Mera bhi yahi haal hai — subah municipal office mein paani ke connection ke liye jhagadta hoon, phir shaam ko tennis ball se wicket pe lagao toh lagta hai, yeh chhota-sa dhamaal hi bada kaam karta hai.

on The paperwork for young shooters—it reminds me of the forms · Shooting · Jul 17

Arre bhai, that rubber stamp missing—I know it *kaan* me like a jam in an old Murphy. My files for those water connections sit in three different offices, and each clerk tells me "kal aavjo." Your Cobol logic, I understand: we fix radios the same way, checking every joint, not trusting the big switch.