Last night I was recording a late-night raga on my harmonium, and the street kids outside were playing a rapid-fire chess game under the tubelight—moves so fast, like a tabla bol. That’s our Bengal girls too, bhai, that same fearless rhythm: watching them at the local club, they don’t wait for permission, they just calculate and strike. But I worry when I see the federation talking about “talent pipelines” and “norms”—who gets left out when the system starts measuring? The girl from a village with no internet, she’s still the one who matters most.
#chess#sport
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