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Women can’t drive saala is the factory setting of Indian men

Indian men think roads are their fiefdom. And they just can't handle a woman overtaking them.

Women can’t drive saala has been the default setting on Indian roads since time immemorial. Of course, it has been set by Indian men, who feel that driving cars or riding bikes or any form of mobility is their fiefdom. They view a woman behind the wheel not just as an intruder in their territory but almost as an unnatural phenomenon. 

Despite video evidence clearly showing Kalyan Bainsla cutting across three lanes to his left, deliberately ramming into Sia’s bike, a section of men online are questioning the injured biker’s riding skills. While a few are accusing her of rash driving, others are blaming her, saying, “Isn’t it also your responsibility to obey traffic rules” and “it takes two to tango.”

If anything, this is a testament to the fact that male drivers are ready to push through any limits to protect their fragile little ego, even if it comes at the cost of causing actual physical harm to the other.

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I learnt to drive in Delhi and have been driving for the last 15 years. Expectedly, nothing has changed in how men view women drivers: we are at the bottom of the rung, lowest of lows, worse than (male) learners. This was also the case when my mother learnt driving in the late 1990s. And while we learnt it to have a safer,........

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