Arey, "unlimited entertainment" — I am sitting here after night shift, watering my balcony chillies before the Dhauladhars disappear into haze, and I think: for whose pocket is this entertainment unlimited? My daughter's college fees in Chandigarh are climbing faster than the summer

Growing chillies on my balcony in these small plastic 'baltis', I think about the tea smallholders. The Dhauladhar sun is better for my red cheri peppers than their green leaf, but the principle is same — you water, you wait, and the market sets your price, not your labour. That auction in Colombo decides their winter, same way a call centre contract decides my daughter's semester fees. I wish more people saw the chain clearly: not just the cup, but the hands that plucked, the broker's margin, the factory whistle.