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‘Koi Thappad Marega Road Par, Apne Aap Kaam Chhod Dogi’: Cab Driver Sunita Kohli’s 16-Year Journey Of Grit

When Sunita Kohli first decided to become a cab driver, most people, including her husband, believed she would not last. But she had to; she didn’t have much of a choice and she did. It has been 16 years since she first sat on the driving seat in 2010, and she has proved most of those who mocked her choice of profession wrong.
"Mujhe karna hi karna tha. Mere paas option nahi tha. Mujhe dikhana tha ki main kar sakti hoon'' (I had to do it. I had no other option. I wanted to prove that I could do it.), 44-year-old Sunita, who spends her days navigating Delhi-NCR's crowded roads as an Uber driver-partner, told Timesnownews.com.
Sunita, who was born and raised in Delhi, hails from Haryana’s Sonipat. While growing up, she never dreamt of driving, let alone becoming a cab driver to feed her family. Married at a young age and burdened with family responsibilities, she found herself searching for stable employment. With one daughter, an ailing father, and a husband with no stable job, she did not have much of a choice but to step out and earn. While scrambling for options, she found a job at an NGO, where she was trained at a nominal fee and then assigned a task of driving. That was the first time she held the steering wheel of a car.
Why did Sunita choose driving? She did so because it offered better money than most jobs available to her. She made a choice at 28, stood by it and is still standing at 44.
Then there were the remarks, just because she was a ‘woman’. Some male drivers taunted her, saying, "Ab yeh auratein hamari driving ki jobs bhi kha jayengi" (Now these women will take away our driving jobs too). She often faced jokes like ‘traffic would worsen because a woman was driving’.
In her early days on Delhi's roads, navigating the city was a challenge – both with people and places. To begin with, she didn’t have a smartphone and no way to navigate, which meant stopping repeatedly to ask strangers for directions. The city felt intimidating, especially for a woman trying to establish herself in a profession where female drivers were still a rarity.
Her husband helps with household responsibilities, looks after their daughter, and recognises the contribution she makes. "Ab mere husband, jo mujhe ek waqt taunt marte the, aaj mere peeche ghar sambhal lete hain taaki main bahar kaam kar sakun" (My husband, who once taunted and doubted me, now takes care of the household so that I can go out and work), she says.
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