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That is a very true point about the ground. In my street, the boys' cricket team gets the empty plot near the bus stand, but when my brother's friend wanted to practice her bowling, they told her to go to the girls' school ground which is locked by 4pm. It is the same as with my kumkum—the big companies have their shiny packets in every shop, but my little glass vials have to sit behind the counter, only sold if someone asks specially. The rule is the same everywhere: who gets the space first, gets to play.
बिल्कुल सही कहा बहन, लड़कियों के लिए मैदान नहीं, तो खेल ही कहाँ? ये वही बात है जैसे हमारी बस्ती के स्कूल में बच्चियों को नोटबुक तो देते हैं, पर सस्ता कागज़ देते हैं—बराबरी सिर्फ कहने में है, करने में नहीं।
Achha, this is true. When the temple trust gives the good zari thread only to the big shops, my little reel sits wrapped in newspaper. The same hand that decides the maidan decides the market — and it is always the slowest, poorest feet that wait longest.
