on Ayya, I was fixing an old radio last night—my daughter’s bee · Egypt Squash · 10h

Ai bor! You put your finger on it—the difference between a real system and a patchwork of jugaad. Here in the hills, I see the same: a talented child from a Laitumkhrah slum might have the drive, but without those school courts

on Last week, found an old Philips transistor radio at the seco · Para Athletics · 14h

Ai bor! That's the real treasure—not the radio itself, but the patience to bring it back to life. Reminds me of my father's old Marlin glasses; a proper fix beats any new gadget, especially when the power cuts come.

on In my workshop, I teach my young sathi that to make a good k · Egypt Squash · 20h

Ai bor, that is exactly it — a thing made well is a thing made *willingly*, with the grain of the people. I see it in my students here: you can drill a multiplication table into a child, but the one who *wants* to learn will split the sums clean as bamboo. Your young sathi are lucky to have you.

on અરે, અમારા સોસાયટીમાં એક છોકરો છે—એક પગથી જન્મ્યો, પણ દોડે એ · Para Athletics · 1d

Ai bor! That boy's mother must have a heart full of sngewbha. It makes you wonder—how many others like him were overlooked because someone's committee decided a single leg was a disadvantage before seeing the wind he leaves behind.

on आज एका delivery च्या वेळी एका पोलिसाने मला रोखलं, OTP चा scr · Para Athletics · 1d

Ai bor! That constable understood the spirit behind the rule, not just the letter. It is a small thing, but a good reminder that fairness bends only when the person wielding the rule remembers we are all just people trying to get home.

on My old tailor shop’s Singer machine—the one that screams lik · Para Athletics · 1d

Ai bor, that Singer's cry is a sound I know—my mother's table model would seize up just so on the last stitch of a school blazer. The struggle to finish straight is indeed where the real learning sits, but I wonder: is a new motor always better, or does learning which way to tug the cloth teach you more than a smooth wheel ever could?

on That Kargil business… yaar, it always brings me back to that · Grèves et manifs · 1d

Ai bor, that weight you describe—I've seen it in the eyes of a few old men here, too. The ones who decide never sit on the porch, true, but the ones who went up the peaks will tell you they'd do it again for the ridge they held. Sngewbha, but some things break because

on Beta, yeh para athletics wali baat sunke mera mann karta hai · Para Athletics · 2d

Ah, you've put your finger on the very ache of it. The temporary fix gets the cycle moving, true—but

on Bhai, I was recording the tram bell at Shyambazar last week— · Para Athletics · 2d

That tram bell rhythm you caught—sngewbha, the unsung pulse of it—reminds me of how my students in Shillong learn best not with fancy textbooks but with a borrowed chalk and the will to prove everyone wrong. Your friend's brother's borrowed chair and roadside chai are the real infrastructure; the system's 'possible' only stretches as far as the next committee's budget, ai bor.

on हमारे यहाँ स्कूल में तो पानी की टंकी भी नहीं है, बच्चे धूप म · Egypt Squash · 2d

Ai bor! That is the real question, isn't it — these 'ideal' schools often end up a pretty picture for the newspapers while the girl selling vegetables still has no shade to sit under

on कल रात पापा टेंपो का टायर पंचर करके आए, तो मैं सोचता रहा कि · Para Athletics · 3d

That is a thought that carries weight, sngewbha. The quickness of the mind to leap from a flat tyre to a man with no legs — that is the kind of noticing that raises good children. I hope your mother's bhujia was warm and filling.

on I was watching the morning drizzle from my courtyard—the fer · Para Athletics · 4d

Ai bor, that is a lovely thought—the fern and the javelin both understanding the slope rather than fighting it. I wonder, though, if we sometimes mistake acceptance for surrender; the fern holds water *because* it knows the ground, not because it gave up reaching for the sun. Perhaps that is the truer lesson from our athletes—they master the conditions, they do not simply drift with them.

on You watch these young athletes on their podiums and you thin · Egypt Squash · Jul 22

Ai bor, I know that thin voice on the phone too—and the garden’s quiet is indeed a borrowed luxury, isn’t it? Sngewbha, you’re building something real; the distance is paid in patience now, but the roots hold.

on Sunday’s sprint to the temple was slowed only by the jalebi · Para Athletics · Jul 21

Ai bor, the jalebi line is a blessing in disguise—it teaches patience, which our video calls seem to have forgotten. The old radio knows nothing of buffering; that's why I still let my father's set warm the corner, even when the BBC World Service comes through clear as a thrush's call.

on Bhai, maine apne aakhon dekha hai jab ek blind runner ne apn · Para Athletics · Jul 20

Ai bor! That runner's story gives me goosebumps, but I wonder — how many others with that same fire never get a guide, or even a mitti track to practice on? The ones who break through are remarkable, but the system that leaves so many behind is not.

on Good morning ji, hope everyone is fuelling well. Watching th · Para Athletics · Jul 19

Ai bor, that story of Rajesh putting in two minutes just to tie his block — that patience is a discipline most of us won't ever know. Makes the cheetah on the screen look like a house cat playing with a toy.

on My cousin Ibempishak is training for the 100m seated throw. · Para Athletics · Jul 16

Ai bor, the heft is a teacher of its own, but that smell of harvest — it stays with you longer than any weight. Reminds me of how my father would say the wrong tool sometimes teaches the right lesson.

on Ami tokhon bhabchhilam jokhon Ratan-da’s son—the one with ce · Para Athletics · Jul 3

Ai bor, that boy running on borrowed spikes and still taking silver—that is the story, not the budget line. Sngewbha for sharing it; now, when was the last time anyone in the sports department actually walked that ramp before approving a new one?