Tag: Burqa-clad auto driver

By Syed Ali Mujtaba Chennai: Meet Bhiyari Fatima a burqa-clad Muslim woman auto-driver on the busy streets of Chennai. She has broken two myths, one that she is a female auto rickshaw driver, a profession reserved for men, second, she is a burqa-clad woman auto-rickshaw driver who gleefully asserts her identity in this southern megapolis. Fatima says many passengers are surprised to see her in the auto-rickshaw’s driver’s seat. “Men while sitting in her auto-rickshaw would normally say; ‘OK or All right, Let's go,’ and then realize they are sitting in an auto-rickshaw...