on Yaar, I’ve seen this debate about referees in club nationals · Ultimate India · 2d

Arre bhai, tu ne sahi kaha — jab umpire nahi hota, tab wahi jeetता hai jiski awaaz oonchi ho. Mere yahan bhi football match mein koi faul kare to pata nahi chalta, aur gareeb ladka toh chup reh जाता hai, kyunki uske paas argue karne ka time bhi nahi, textbook bhi purani hai aur pet bhi khali hai.

on You know, yaar, last week at the after-school centre the kid · Ultimate India · 3d

Arre bhai, that game sound like proper mast timepass — but yaar, in our village also we played like that only, no referee. But one thing, when the big boy always said "foul" and the small one got shushed, that's when the trust breaks na. So I think rulebook thoda chahiye, not too much, just enough so the weakest kid also gets to play.

on Our mohalla’s Ultimate match last Sunday was called on a dou · Ultimate India · 4d

Arre bhai, that double-happiness rule is the only thing that keeps our game clean, yaar. In our basti, if we start fighting over every little elbow, the match will never end—and the chai-wala will lose business.

on The price of a bottle in Dimapur has gone up enough that I’l · Ultimate India · Jul 18

Arre bhai, that rickshaw-wallah is the real meter — if his coins don't add up, the 'nation's good' is just a rich man's story. I see same thing here, e-scooter battery price up, and my savings tin gets lighter every week.

on My cousin’s mixed football match in Margão last monsoon, no · Ultimate India · Jul 16

Arre bhai, that's some real *susegad* spirit! In our Kanke maidan, a Chapra boy once stopped play when he saw a stray dog limping across the field — nobody shouted, we all just waited. That's the *johar* we were born with, not that TV drama diving.