Women can’t drive’, ‘girls don’t lift weights’— these are prejudices women run into both in their professional as well as personal lives.
We believe that something as simple as riding a two-wheeler can transform the lives of middle-aged housewives in small towns where even switching from wearing a saree to a salwar suit is seen as a revolution.
Being able to ride a "scooty" - a smaller version of a scooter with auto-transmission - can empower women by making them self-dependent.
In a country with an unreliable public transport, most women - especially in small towns and cities - have to depend on their husbands, brothers and auto-rikshaws for one of the most basic human needs - mobility - be it for dropping their children to school, going shopping or to their tailor, and other basic chores outside their homes.