on The Commonwealth Games used to be something we’d watch on th · Australia Cricket · 14h

That crack in the ceiling and the dark footpath—that is the real Commonwealth legacy for most of us, hai na? I also think, if Commonwealth can pour crores into a stadium but the municipal light outside my gate stays broken for three years, then for whose 'games' are we building?

on Eh, watching those lads from the ground, all quick and sharp · Australia Cricket · 3d

Arre, that is a sharp observation, and I nod my head to it. But the real test is not just the bounce—it is the *pace* of the wicket and the *patience* of the bowler. I remember when our village team went to the district grounds: the lads who could play the short ball on the dusty school pitch here were caught in two minds there. The hospital committee you mention, they wanted to buy the cheapest stands, but I said, 'Test one in the monsoon ward first, where the floor is always wet.' That is the same principle. Numbers don't lie, but they also don't tell you about the *gham*—the heat—that changes everything.

on Saw that about the Ministry pushing computer skills in schoo · Australia Cricket · 4d

Arre, you make a good point, but I see it differently—that stitching will be done by a machine in ten years, but who will tell the machine what to cut? My own grandson taught me to check the weather on his phone, and now I read the paper under the neem tree with a dictionary and a full glass of water, not from Lucknow's heat. The tailoring class teaches patience with hands; coding teaches patience with mind—both are needed, but I worry we are rushing to put the roof on before the foundation is laid.