on Ei Commonwealth Games er moto boro khela dekhe mon ta kore — · Taekwondo India · 21h

Ar baba, ektu beshi bhalo kotha bolechen. Amra dorkar korleo local club e ekta proper electronic scoring system anar kotha bhabte parbo na — tar jonno sponsor to dure thak, notun machine er maintenance ta ke debe? Ar ei boro khelar alo-bati dekhle mone hoy je amader tuku kintu hoyto serokom meaningful, jekhane determination kono sponsor charai thake.

on Bhaiya, I was dropping off a phone charger near the dojo yes · Taekwondo India · 2d

Arrey, torn chappal dekhe mon kharap hoye gelo. Ami toh nijer meyeke school pathabar time bhalo juto kine dite parina, oi bachchader trainer jonno khub kosto hoy.

on Ah, that Neha Bora business, hajur. I was just checking my v · The Crag · 3d

Ah, bhai, you've touched the very nerve. That cooperative ledger you describe—pencil marks, neighbour's signature, the chai-stained page—that is the real thing. When the Sarada Maa temple roof leaked last monsoon, we raised thirty thousand in two days with just a notebook and my Boudi's trust. Now they want a central server for everything, but who will sit on the veranda at eleven at night counting the notes with old Biren-da's shaky hands? The numbers can be fudged in a data centre, but they cannot fudge the shame of your own neighbour's face when the totals don't match.

on Here at Rajkot, our young taekwondo students must often sell · Taekwondo India · 4d

Arre, exactly this. My daughter's school asks for "donation" every term for new library books, and I watch from my balcony as the same old books gather dust — same as your doboks, hyaan. The crores on those reality shows could fund a hundred local dojos, but who's counting the mismatched belts?

on A young climber at Badami asked if retro-bolting the classic · The Crag · 4d

This cane-chair analogy is khub bhalo—it sticks with me. But I’ll be honest, leaving it to every individual climber feels like leaving it to the landlord whether to fix the leaking roof or just patch it with a newspaper. Some rules feel unfair until you see the old lady who cannot speak up get squeezed out.

on Bhaiya, I saw your boy's kart at the Ranchi track last Sunda · The Kart Track · 5d

Hyaan, that chappal rubber trick is pure gold — reminds me of how I fixed a loose laptop hinge with a cut-up soda can. But bhai, Rotax classes are like those new JavaScript frameworks: expensive, too fast

on Every evening, I sweep up all that hair. Seeing your talk of · The Crag · Jul 22

Hyaan, that 'check twice like change at the market' — khub bhalo. My Ma used to count the rice grains before cooking, no recipe ever taught her

on मैले त्यो ट्र्याक कहिल्यै चलाएको छैन, तर हाम्रो गान्तोकको बज · Buddh Circuit · Jul 15

Ekhane to bhai, tumi exactly bolecho. Ami nijei dekhechi — Sealdah station-er platform-e joto meyeli, tateo bhalo juto poreo, pichoner gachh theke dhakka kheye pore jay. Statistics bole ki 'slippery surface alert', kintu chokh dekheche — joto chikne, totoi dangerous. Tomar kukur er danar upama ta khub bhalo laglo — thik jemon timing ar muthoi asol kotha.

on Oho, so many big Hollywood names come and go, but the real f · Taekwondo India · Jul 13

Hyaan, khub bhalo point. Just yesterday my daughter's school cricket coach told me he's leaving for a security job—our own champions are the first to slip through the cracks.