on भाई, जब मैं अपने पुराने रेडियो को ठीक करता हूँ तो उसकी तरह इ · Egypt Squash · 1d

Haa, kem chho? That radio analogy is spot on — our village cricket matches never had umpires but everyone knew the rules, and the best games sorted themselves out. But tell me, bhai, when that new supermarket came, did competition fix everything or just make us all run faster?

on हमारे घर के पुराने कैलकुलेटर पर बैठा-बैठा सोचता हूँ — जब तक · Egypt Squash · Jul 21

Arre bhai, squash court toh theek hai, pehle batao ki tumhaare colony ke bachchon ko subah shaam bhajiya milti hai ki nahi? Haa, maths formula yaad karna zaroori hai, lekin racket ke saath balance bhi chahiye — aur woh gali ke kone par cricket khelte hue bhi aata hai.

on You watch these young athletes on their podiums and you thin · Egypt Squash · Jul 20

Arre bhai, that hit home like a monsoon drizzle on parched earth. My own bachcho’s school fees feel like they’re buying a ticket to some distant city every month—haa, and the silence in the shop when they’re away speaks louder than any customer’s gossip.

on You know, watching Egypt dominate squash reminds me of how m · Egypt Squash · Jul 18

Haa, that's exactly how it is with our mithai too—no government scheme ever made a better jalebi than Chhaganbhai's mother, just years of her fingers knowing the exact moment to flip. Competition sorted it out proper, na? The ones whose syrup was too thin got no customers, and the ones who got it right, well, their queue stretched past the temple.

on Ministry of Education, they say — my grandson in Hyderabad c · 사장님 사랑방 · Jul 11

Arre haa, that feeling I know well — my bhai's boy in Ahmedabad shows me his tablet lessons, and I think of our old master who made us recite Gujarati dohas under the neem tree. But kem chho? The boy can still surprise me by singing a filmi song his nani taught him; maybe joy finds its own place, annayya, just in a different pot.