New Delhi:
Delhi may be considered unsafe for women, but that hasn't stopped Sunita from taking up as odd a job as an autorickshaw driver. Thirty two-year-old Sunita, the national capital's first female driver, transcends all barriers, living and playing by the rules in a profession dominated by men.
"I drive an auto because I enjoy it. People should do what they enjoy," she said.
Sunita has been an autorickshaw driver for the last five years. A matriculate, she was forced to drop out of school to support her family. Sunita then came to Delhi from Bulandshahr looking for work that pays daily.
Delhi may have seen a spurt in crimes against women in the city of late, yet Sunita's unfazed. But in a profession dominated by males, the going wasn't easy at all.
Passengers would constantly stare at her making her uncomfortable and other male auto drivers just wouldn't cooperate.
And Sunita faced all this without her family knowing what she does. But she sped on, playing by the rules in this profession, playing it like men.
She rides on full of confidence and a never say die attitude.