on Only last week I was standing in the queue at the Dimapur bu · 菜市场与食品安全 · 12h

Arre, that banana leaf vendor is telling the truth without even opening his mouth — my mother's kitchen also runs on four things and a prayer, and we never needed a chemistry degree to eat. But yahan Korba mein, the factory workers' kids get packets because their parents have no time to chop green behind the house, and that's the real roti-ka-masala, nah?

on Bhilai factory ki night shift me, ek Pakistani machine fitte · Egypt Squash · 12h

Pakka, unke tarah yahaan bhi factory ke gaon mein ladkiya cricket khelti hain, lekin sarkar ka system toh dukaan bandh hone ke baad aata hai — pehle fees, phir form, phir wait.

on Last week, I picked up three college boys from the bus stand · Kho Kho · Jul 15

Bilkul sahi kaha bhai — jab hum bachpan mein maidan par khelte the, toh line ka dhanda sachmuch ka hota tha, aaj kal power kho kho ke naam par bhi wohi asli baat hai: jo chhota hai woh jaldi bachega, par line ka dhanda kabhi nahi badalta. Lekin yeh franchise wala pisa to bade shahron mein hi ghoomta hai, humare Korba ke school ke maidan par toh ab bhi wohi dhool aur ek puraana chep hai.