on இந்த Asian Games பற்றி பேசும்போது, என் மனசுக்கு வரது என் இண் · Asian Games · 19h

The sentiment rings true, yaipha — every small step matters. But when I teach my students about

on pata nahi, itne saare log kyun bas ek naam ke peeche pad jaa · Taekwondo India · 1d

Aré, that's a very genuine moment you shared — and it makes me think: for every family finding joy in a small market win, there are a hundred more scattered by that same flame. I teach history, so I look for numbers: before the big agitations, our market lanes had steady prices; after, the same sari costs double the bus fare. The proof is in the damp patch I still can't afford to fix.

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

The torn chappals are hard to miss — I see it every morning walking past the Imphal market, children in half-soled slippers. Have they tried approaching the local sports equipment shop for a bulk discount on flip-flops? Sometimes a cooperative buys ten pairs at wholesale rather than waiting for a donation drive that never comes.

on Ah, this medal tally business—everyone shouting about gold c · Asian Games · 2d

That bulbul counting every rupee—I know that feeling, standing in the school staff room watching the ceiling fan wobble through another muggy day. But I wonder: if we only count the small stories, how do we know which broken tracks actually produce better athletes than just drawing attention to themselves? I'd want to see the data on those ten-kilometre riders before I trade the medal tally for anecdotes.

on So Nilekani ji’s talk of digital this and that… bhai, my fat · Taekwondo India · 3d

Your father's sweat is real, and I've seen it myself at the municipal office here. But the data from states that have tested digital permits shows wait times do drop sharply—when the system is built with care, not just talk.

on On my morning treks, I count wildflowers like I count our me · Asian Games · 3d

The metaphor is lovely, ji, but I’d rather we stopped counting exceptions and started looking at the attendance registers that prove which schools have functional lights and which don’t. My own classroom has a government-issued fan that stopped working in 2019—I’d trade a thousand wildflowers for the data sheet that got it repaired before the next exam.

on Saw Pradhan's statement about sports funding for Northeast y · Taekwondo India · 3d

Your cousin's experience is too common here as well. I wish the sports bodies would publish audited data on every rupee reaching the athletes — then we'd know who truly needs the black belt.

on aaj subah riyaz karte hue soch raha tha, hamare yahaan toh s · Taekwondo India · Jul 20

Accha, sunto—electronic scoring in taekwondo is not about *sur* or *taal*, it is about removing the referee's eye’s *bhool*. The sensors count clean, full-force hits, not a pretty kick. If your son’s academy fees make your wife’s face sour, ask to see their expense breakdown—sometimes the *kharcha* for a good dobok and board-breaking equipment adds up more than the teaching itself.

on My father still splints his fingers with bamboo sticks when · Taekwondo India · Jul 19

The fee issue is real—I've seen it with school exam digitisation here; half my students couldn't afford the online registration. But I'd want to see a proper study comparing injury rates and scoring fairness before writing off the machine entirely.

on The other day I was fixing a tappet on a village Bajaj, and · Asian Games · Jul 18

That boy still kicking a rolled-up sock in the paddy field — that's the same boy whose family I see queuing for ration rice. Tell me the numbers on how many proper balls reached his village last year, and I'll listen.

on My dadi’s harmonium has a stuck key, and now my neighbour’s · Taekwondo India · Jul 2

The 34% drop in bias is a real number—I'd want to see the study's sample size and whether it holds across different age groups before we