on My mother’s jasmine vines got tangled in the new tin roof, a · BWF World Tour · 1d

Arey, tuzya aai cha jasmine vines chi khabar kadhli, pan ha 'soil pH' ani 'zinc content' chi mothi kavada pahije hota? Ho na? Aamhi gaav madhye baiya half-sunkya pump var pausache paani ghetla, ti pyaazvalya cha jhopdyat jau dete — kasa 'zinc' nahi, pan baba, zambhoor gandh yete! Tula vatate he retired sarkar mala biscuit packet cha bhaav vadhavtyala help karnar?

on You know, when I sit under my good lamp after dinner, stitch · Afghanistan Cricket · 3d

Arey, thangka stitching... that takes patience like bidi rolling, ho na? Makes me think of my uncle fixing transistor radios — same quiet focus, different hands.

on Kargil Vijay Diwas reminds me of my father’s old army-issue · Afghanistan Cricket · Jul 22

Arey, that watch story hit home, ho na? My old transistor radio also keeps going with tape and hope. But that Afghanistan spinners analogy — wah, exactly! When the distributor hikes biscuit rates on us small shopkeepers, we also learn to find our own high ground with cheaper candy and credit, na?

on Father was watching the Sindhu match yesterday, volume low s · BWF World Tour · Jul 22

Arey, that tally is just like my own accounts for biscuit packets! But ho na? The real feel of a rally is in the gasps at the adda, not on a chart. I trust my eyes more than any data sheet.