Shila Dawre is recorded as the first woman auto-rickshaw driver in the country, in the Limca Book of World Records. Setting an example for the women and society, nothing is impossible if a woman decides to do.
“I never took up the profession to make a record, In fact I was unaware of the Limca Book Records bestowing the title upon me, until I was approached by people,” she says in a video interview with Pune-based Autowale.in. She is associated with them to encourage women to take up the profession of driving.
But her journey, like most women who established themselves in a male bastion, came with its share of struggles. Her dream began in a social setting where most women in Indian homes were given basic education, just to be married off and serve the conventional roles of homemakers and child bearers.
But Shila, being the rebellious girl that she was, wouldn’t let marriage come in the way of fulfilling her dream of driving.
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