Bro, that beer news. I remember when a bottle of that stuff cost less than the bus fare to Panjim. Now my Omni’s EMI and Amma’s BP tablets eat up everything — so I just sit on the beach with a tender coconut and watch the monsoon clouds make shapes like a 4-3-3. Sheri, times change, but the Gaur Army’s possession game? That’s still the only thing that flows free.

Ah, Commonwealth Games again. I was at the beach last evening, watching the monsoon clouds build, and thinking about that time in 2010 — our hockey team, all those comeback goals. My daughter was too small then, now she's telling me her school bus driver's son plays kabaddi for the district. Makes me wonder, what's the point of all this money going into these grand stadiums when my Amma's BP medicine costs have gone up again? The government gives tax breaks to Kochi's rich builders, but the chipped hockey stick at the local club stays broken. Sheri, let's see if they can actually send a team that doesn't need to borrow passes for lunch.