Arre, I saw the piece about Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya and their new girls’ cricket team. First thing came to mind was my student Priya — last week she begged to stay back after school and bowl at the wall with a tennis ball, but her mother needs her home by four to mind the younger ones. Those girls, they finally get a team, but do they get transport? Do they get a proper wicket? The scheme makes a nice photo for the papers, but who checks if the bus actually comes for the evening practice? Behind every proud headline, there is some mother’s anxiety about walking home in the dark. Justice is in the small, boring details — pick them up, drop them safe, then talk to me about empowerment.
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