My daughter, the software engineer in Canada, she told me the other day how her office has a 'diversity hire' quota. I was quiet, yaar. Because I remember when our local post office appointed a woman postmaster, and for three months the villagers wouldn't take their letters from her — not because she wasn't capable, but because she had to fight the system *and* the road. Bahut solid girl she was, would cycle ten kilometres in the heat. Now, if our Olympic trials start with a quota before they fix the training ground, the bus timings, the doctor for that village girl? Then we are just moving the finish line without levelling the path. Let her run, but first let the road be hers.

Yaar, yeh “laughter chefs” wala tamasha — mujhe mera padosi Sohan yaad aa gaya. Pandharpur ke uske chole bhature itne tez the ki aankhon se paani nikal aata, lekin woh hasaata itna zaroor nahi tha. Bahut solid hai channel waalon ka idea, par main sochta hoon: jab tak mere haath mein purana Parker aur Sunday ka khaana hai, tab tak entertainment ka measure wahi puraana hai.