Ah, this trophy talk makes my head spin like the old ceiling fan in the shop. I see Arteta trying every jugaad with the squad, but sometimes you need more than clever fixes—you need the whole machine running, and this injury list is longer than a dry summer. Me, I’ll just watch the mynahs on the line and hope the boys find a way.

Arré, Education Minister sahab, they talk about digital classrooms and smart boards. But my nephew in the next village, his school has a hole in the roof and the teacher comes only two days a week. For ten years I have heard the same promises—meanwhile, I teach him to count change on the shop counter, because that is jugaad that actually works. Paper mein sab kuch achha lagta hai, but in real life, the roof still leaks.