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A Step (Car) Forward
Something nice
happened today, that has made me very very happy.
..
I was having an
afternoon siesta when I woke up to voices from the dining room around 5pm or
so.
…
When I stepped out, I
saw a 28-year-old Maya seated on the chair having kaapi (South
Indian filter coffee). Meena is Chayya Behen’s daughter. Chayya ben works with
us, helping us with household chores.
..
Meena has been married
for about 9 years.
She is very beautiful
and has a daughter called Arya, who she drops to the school at 10am.
Her husband is a gym
instructor. He picks the child up from school.
..
I was informed that
Meena had started driving a taxi!
..
Yes, she is now part
of the 45 all-women cabbie team from Priyadarshini Service.
..
So that's 12 hours a
day
Domestic airport duty
Drives all over Mumbai
..
She drives a Maruti
van
She uses GPS
On Thursdays she goes
to her English language lessons
Also karate classes
Also car mechanic
classes
..
After her kaapi,
she exited.
She had dropped Chayya
Behen to work today.
..
Awesomeness
..
A young awkward girl,
who never stepped out of Vakola area for the first 28 years of her life, now
rules the Mumbai roads!
..
Zindabad
R. Ramnathan is the author and director of Mahadevbhai – an award winning monologue on Gandhi
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