But he has received no such admonition from the moral police who seem to be so upset with Chakraborty and Jahan. In fact, Chakraborty, Jahan, Gambhir and others like them represent young India, which is not caught up with formalities. The clothes that newly-inducted MPs, Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan, wore were a refreshing break. Why should women athletes have to pay for becoming parents when the same rules do not apply to men? Neither is sports the only field where having a child costs women more dearly than it does men.

Source: The Telegraph June 02, 2019 15:11 UTC