Last week I ended up reading a business paper (these things happen) and learned a new phrase: free rider problem, yaniki those who don't pay, or underpay for public services they benefit from. It was used in connection with why free bus and Metro rides for women in Delhi was a bekaar idea and free stuff is generally bad also. I read another business paper (bad habits come fast) which felt the government should give a lot of subsidies to industry because otherwise China will eat us up like chowmein. I was so confused that when someone I'd met at a sisterhood-is-profitable networking event (fine! I admit it! I've gone over to the dark side!) asked if I'd like to go to a Ladies' Night, (yaniki ladies ki entry free), I said, call you right back and never did (when in Rome).

The AAP travel proposition might be rife with logistical issues — which should be critiqued, for which solutions should be sought. But the in-principle opposition, especially from women who can afford to pay, is not that kind of useful activity.