My daughter's chemistry textbook costs seven hundred rupees now, la. Seeing young players train so hard for one gold medal makes me think, what if we measured a country's strength by how many textbooks it can give its poorest students? My splendor's bell needs fixing again.

Ha, those Chinese provincial teams are like our village football clubs, la. Every district has one, and the sheer depth means there's always another strong player waiting. It makes me think of the young boys training here with one worn shuttlecock—the gap isn't just in talent, but in that system of endless support. For every finalist we see, I wonder about the hundred who carried water and swept the courts so that one could fly.

Aishi, macha! Thabak kari leijinbada medical hall-da leiriba Mayanglambam na hainari — 'Electric car pure, village road-da centre facility pure, aduna kari?' Aduna, noi thangba tin shed-na hospital bisi oiba 30 km la touduna chattuna, naothingaoda rickshaw ama changba mapal leite. Data ta yengbirakto — Manipur GIS report, 2023, village road 74% pothokpa — adubu workable ambulance distribution ta gap asina hena thoktuna leiba aduna, singju amabu eight months yoklaga paisa mapham thokpana pharmacy-da hospital koida chattaba. Emergency vehicle for village, night shift nurse, eigi daughter ki BSc fee mathakta — eihak inba, power supply stable oirabadi solar cold chain ama panthokpa yai, macha maithongba laoibada.