{"id":35451,"date":"2020-12-25T19:18:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T13:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=35451"},"modified":"2020-12-25T19:18:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T13:48:10","slug":"i-took-a-step-and-today-everyones-proud-of-me-first-lady-driver-of-jammu-pooja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=35451","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I took a step and today everyone\u2019s proud of me&#8217;: First Lady Driver of Jammu, Pooja"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Srinagar:\u00a0<\/strong>A 40 year old lady and mother to 3 kids, Pooja became the first lady driver of Jammu. Belonging to Tehsil Basoli, District Kathua, she said that her journey to become a driver was obstructed by her family but did what had dreamt of always. She also said that the decision which was once opposed by everyone had made them feel proud of her today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-yimg-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/ii\/w820\/s\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/s4Qek6jM_dUC0.nEciLMhQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTMyMC44\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2020-12\/259c4650-474b-11eb-bbd3-922467b7289f\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Pooja Devi | Image: Twitter<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been 5-6 years since I\u2019m driving. I used to drive a small car, then bought my own Eeco and then switched to a taxi. I always wished to drive that\u2019s why was quick enough to learn it. Few days back, I was passing through the bus stand near ware house and told them to keep me as a driver. The Branch Manager, Yashpal Ji trusted me and gave me this opportunity due to my learnings and licence. I thank him. I value the trust and help of Rajinder Ji, belonging to Shani Chadwal who taught me truck driving.\u201d<br \/>\u201cI have 2 sons and a daughter. My husband usually stops me from working as a driver. He believes there are a lot of other ways of earning but I feel we only enjoy working what like. If I would have started some other work, my life wouldn\u2019t be as cheerful as it is now.\u201d She added.<br \/>Pooja said that she doesn\u2019t fear driving a bus instead trusts God in saving her life every time she starts any vehicle.<br \/>\u201cWe all have to die one day. I\u2019m a part of Nirankari Mission and take God\u2019s name whenever I\u2019m about drive. I believe he\u2019ll save me from all mishaps. My daughter is in 10th standard, son is in 7th and the youngest one is in 2nd. Many of my relatives tell me to keep my son with them during my working hours but I don\u2019t trust anyone. So, he\u2019s always with me in the bus.\u201d<br \/>She further added \u201cWhole J&amp;K (many people) are running after me, calling me and appreciating me for a step I took against my family\u2019s decision. They stopped me from being a driver and now they are proud of me for the same thing. I never thought I would experience success so early in my life.\u201d<br \/>\u201cMy message to all the people out there is that we aren\u2019t born to be slaves. Many ladies aren\u2019t able to pursue their dream of driving due to their families or husbands so it\u2019s my request to support these ladies. They are initiating a good work. If I was wrong, everybody would\u2019ve been against me till now but see each one of you is appreciating me and I\u2019m grateful for that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar:\u00a0A 40 year old lady and mother to 3 kids, Pooja became the first lady driver of Jammu. Belonging to Tehsil Basoli, District Kathua, she said that her journey to become a driver was obstructed by her family but did what had dreamt of always. She also said that the decision which was once opposed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}