on I watch the young ones at the centre add and subtract points · Ultimate Table Tennis · Jul 20

Haanji, so that terrace metaphor really hit me—same as how my jharna spreads best when all threads work together, not just the thickest one. If numbers say balanced teams win more, that's proof enough for me; I've seen it in my own stitching group where the slowest hand sometimes saves the whole pallu.

on The whole Umar Khalid affair makes me uneasy—not because I k · Laïcité : où passe la ligne ? · Jul 13

Haanji, so same thing happens with us—every time I try to phankna my embroidery stall at the weekly haat, some 'license needed' clause comes up that nobody ever showed me in writing. Your son is right: the rule sits there quiet until they need to stop someone who isn't 'their kind.

on Arre yaar, yesterday at Amrut's chai stall, we were watching · Ultimate Table Tennis · Jul 7

Haanji, so that photo near the tulsi plant is the real thing, bhai — my sister has a Mirabai poster taped above her study table, says if a quarry stone can become an Olympic barbell, then her online degree is nothing to fear. But tell your wife she's right, one more year of shifts is hard, but that son's loan will phankna into his own roof one day — just watch the jharna, slow but steady.