First woman Uber driver expects many more to join to make women feel safe.

While we have already looked into the stories of many women who broke stereotypes and jumped into their fields of interest challenging men and their potential, here we are today, to know about Vennapusa Narayanamma from Telangana who has been into driving for more than a decade now and has become the first woman Uber cab driver. What was considered as a man's job, this lady of grit took up and has been in it consistently for years now? It was not an easy journey for her, for, many a time, she was questioned on her face as to why she had taken the man's job instead of opting for some decent job that suits a woman. From answering people's questions back driving her auto-rickshaw to becoming the diamond Uber driver today, Narayanamma's story has a lot to give all the shy ladies out there.

A Strong Will To Support Children And Family: 

Vennapusa Narayanamma hails from Nizampet in Telangana. She turned out to be one of the few female auto drivers in the city who pulled the gear rod of the auto in the year 2006. She decided to enter into this male-dominated field not to prove her potential as a woman but to fulfill her duties as a mother to her two children. At the age of 26, Narayanamma purchased an auto-rickshaw with the help of an NGO. She started earning bread to assist her husband who does earn some money but working as an electrician and doing some other jobs. Ever since then, it is Narayanamma's income through her trips that has been keeping the family going along with supporting the children's education. "I decided to enter into this profession in 2006 when I realized that we will not able to handle the education and other expenses of our children as they grow up", she said. The women in the community also felt that it's a safe mode of transport for them. For more than 13 years, she drove an auto-rickshaw and in 2019, she joined Uber as a cab driver.