New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- A couple of months ago, I was at the British Museum, and besides pondering what would be left if everything in its halls that was looted from the rest of the world was returned (pretty much nothing), I had to contemplate something else as well.

There I was, queuing up for the ladies' room and the line went from right outside the door up about one-and-a-half flights of stairs. There were 52 women waiting (yeah, I counted). Next to the ladies' was the gents' and the men were just strolling in and out-there was no wait at all.

And this is not an outlier situation. This is the case pretty much in every public place in every country.

What does this say about fairness and equality? It could well be that similarly sized...