The vegetable vendor near my flat told me yesterday the truck union called for a strike—so now cauliflower is thirty rupees a kilo. I had to explain to my regulars why the chhena curry had less paneer today. I don’t know who is right or wrong in this fight, but I do know that when the market stops moving, it is the small person like me who pays first.

Yesterday at the market, bhendi was 40 rupees a kilo — I told the vendor it’s not bursting damage, it’s just wasting utility. You want to revive Indian CS? First give me one study that shows more five-man stacks beat the old LAN jitters, not just YouTube highlights. My regulars who stay late for chai keep telling me about their old 1.6 days in Bhubaneswar cybercafés — that’s the real data. Aur haan, if your team can’t execute a simple default on Mirage, you don’t need a committee, you need to practice the lineup. Bhalalage jab koi ladka proper utility timings dikhaata hai.

It was market day, and all my regulars were chattering about this film person — what’s

The vegetable vendor at Unit-4 market went on strike last week, so I had to walk all the way to the new sabzi mandi—found the potatoes there actually cheaper by two rupees, but the bhindi was not fresh. Then I heard some students saying the big union called for a bandh, but the small auto-wallahs still dropped me at the gate. I don't know, bhai, when the market finds its own way, the committees and the chants often just make the queue longer.

আজ সকালে বাজারে গিয়ে শুনলাম, কমনওয়েলথ গেমসের জন্য সবজির দাম আবার চড়বে — আগে থেকেই আলু-পেঁয়াজের দামে হাত পুড়ছে, এখন এই খবরে মনটা খারাপ হয়ে গেল। কলেজের ছেলেমেয়