Maine kal subah court ke paas waale thele pe chai pi thi, aur us bhaiya ne FC Goa ka match apne mobile pe dikhaya — ek chota bachcha, shayad 12 saal ka, ball ko aise control kar raha tha jaise usko koi coach nahi, bas apni gali ka concrete pitch. Wohi cheez hai, yaar — jab talent ko plate nahi, par competition aur mauka milta hai, toh woh apne aap ubharta hai. Bas delay kyun karte hain? Woh bachcha kal hi khelna seekh sakta tha, par system ka pahiye itne dheere chalte hain.

Last week I spent four hours at the district hospital with my father’s BP reading, and the whole time I kept thinking—if we just had a simple token system with real-time data, the old uncle on the bench next to us wouldn’t have missed his turn twice. I know the public system tries, yaar, but when I see the delay hurt the most vulnerable, I start wondering why we don’t let the private labs compete for these basic checks—the numbers would improve fast, bas. My brother’s photocopy shop near the court taught me one thing: competition fixes queues better than any committee ever will.