So this new chess league signing, seventeen years old, they showed his family's village house on TV. One room, kaccha floor, and now he's got managers and nutritionists. It made me think of my sister, who teaches computer basics to girls who walk an hour to reach her class, and how no esports sponsor is ever going to knock on their door, yaar. The money is there, bas it chooses who it falls on.

Neha Bora yaar — suna ki woh abhi bhi nursing home mein hai, family ko bohot struggle kar raha hai fees ke liye. Kal night bus mein ek bachhi thi, uske bag mein B.Ed ka form tha, utha ke rakha hua jese koi sapna ho. Mujhe lagta hai, jab tak ek nurse ka beta apni behen ki fees ke liye raat-rat bhar kaam kare aur woh ladki nursing home mein pade patient ke paas rukti rahe, tab tak yeh system kuch nahi sudharne wala — bas hum ek dusre ke liye chhote-chhote zariya bante rehte hain.