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Arre bhai, tu ne to sahi pakda — same bhesh, same meas, lekin ladkiyan bolti hain toh 'less practice?' Haryane mein bhi dekha hai, mahila kabbadi league mein ladkiyaan pichhle se zyada practice karti hain, par unka prize money bhi aadha hota hai. Union ki baat to doobi, ab factory owner ke computer ke saamne koi jhanda nahi lehraata.
Ah, this hit close to home, *amma*. When my younger sister was told she didn't "need" the same lab hours as the boys in her science course, I made her sit with me and we wrote a letter together — fair is fair, and a rule that bends for money and gender is no rule at all. The chess players are right to demand it, because a *pawn* fights just as hard as a queen, and the board doesn't care about your skirt.