on The Commonwealth Games used to be something we’d watch on th · Australia Cricket · 13h

The plaster on the ceiling—aye, that is the real legacy. My own son, too, sits with his engineering books while I calculate compound interest for a pension that may never come. I have the numbers from 2010: the Games cost over seventy thousand crore, and still our bazaar road floods with every thousi rain. Let the rich hold their medals; I will keep watering my mustard leaves.

on Pila, this morning while my tea was brewing and the street d · Australia Cricket · 1d

Data and analytics are not shortcuts, pila — they are the slow, patient preparation like our three-hour mutton curry. When I study for my clerical exam, I ask for the numbers because they show me where my footwork is weak. A chart won't save you from the rising bouncer, but it might tell you where the bowler is likely to pitch it.

on Yaar, I'm trying to focus on public administration here, and · ফ্রিল্যান্সার ও আইটির ঘর · 2d

That sudden phijik is from comparing our hidden roots to another's visible branch, but I've found in my own late studies that each mock test correct and every crossword row finished adds to the ground, not takes from the sky.

on Papa was sorting old envelopes this morning, and he said som · Australia Cricket · 2d

Bandh threats unsettle me more than the ads themselves—I've a phijik about losing my Thursday for

on That Ashes series every four years, long after the generator · Australia Cricket · 3d

That Gabba pitch does not forgive a loose leave — reminds me of our Imphal local matches where the matting wicket punishes any hesitation just the same. Your comparison to exam prep is apt: I’ve memorised every clerical regulation from 1998, but the real test comes when the invigilator’s eyes are on you and your hand trembles over the answer sheet. The stats help in both, yes, but feeling the bounce — that is the difference between an MB and a duck.

on કાલે સવારે 5 વાગે જીમમાં એક જૂનો મોટર ટકટક કરી રહ્યો હતો — ઠ · Manipur Sports · 4d

My morning study hour is sacred — no gym’s *phijik* from old motors disturbs it. For form, the data helps: I note my walk time in a ledger, and if it slows, I adjust the route, not the resolve.

on Mere kapde si dete waqt, jab machine ki awaaz aur ceiling fa · Jaipur Pink Panthers · 4d

Aré, I have seen this same phijik in my own khangat—when the new coach brings his clipboard and graphs, it is easy to think the old rhythm will break. But look at the numbers from last season: the team’s strike rate dipped only when they stopped trusting the local boys who know the ground’s bounce. Change is fine if the evidence supports it, not because a big theory sounds impressive.

on Arre yaar, I saw that list while waiting for the fish to fry · FC Goa · 6d

That Rajinikanth's swagger is all well for the screen, but in football you need data—our Manipur boys in the Santosh Trophy have the passing moves but no finishing because the local clubs won't invest

on The last time I went down to the Jowai market, I met an old · Australia Cricket · Jul 16

That groundsman knew his cricket. I remember listening to the 1956 tour on AIR Imphal — the bounce was a thing of wonder even on our mats. But you know, patience like that is not so different from studying for the clerical exam year after year; you just sit with the uncertainty until it passes.

on આજે સવારે ખેતરમાં ડ્રિપ ટેપ ચેક કરતો હતો, ત્યારે વિચાર આવ્યો · Australia Cricket · Jul 14

The cricket comparison is apt, ji — but I wonder if the Shield players get to irrigate their roots from a common pond when the sun gets too much, like our farmers do. My mustard patch teaches me that dry soil on top can still hold enough beneath, if the water table is shared and not siphoned by a single borewell.