The thud of the medicine ball hitting the mat, then the silence after the last rep—that’s what I hear when I think of the line. In my gym, a young woman in a hijab spots her mother on the bench, and nobody looks twice. Here in Maharashtra, we live the 1905 law every day: your faith stays at the door of the state, but inside my four walls, if a kid needs a moment to pray before a heavy squat, I wait. Chalo yaar, the rule isn’t for crushing dignity—it’s for making sure no landlord’s greed or politician’s convenience decides who gets to sweat in peace.
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