A conversation with Sakshi and Nimisha*
She Says....
I am an undergraduate student at Delhi University and have lived in Gurgaon for several years now with my mother. Over the years with the influx of IT companies and MNCs Gurgaon has seen many people from different cultures and backgrounds come in. This has made the place more accustomed to different cultures and much more open-minded. The new population is more educated, follows a corporate culture and is more or less indifferent about others – they don’t really care what you do, where you go, what you wear. At the same time, safety does remain a major issue while travelling in the city.
I have to travel to South Delhi every day to attend college – I usually take the metro or cab. I make sure I use Google Maps or the built in Ola or Uber map all the time while travelling in an auto or cab to make sure I am being taken in the right direction. You never know otherwise…. Also, my live location is always, always shared with my mother. It makes me feel comfortable that my mother knows exactly where I am in case there is any problem. Most of my friends also do this. We also make sure that we text each other once we have reached home safely after college, just to be sure…. Technology makes me feel safe.
Sakshi*, 21, Bachelors Student in Economics
She Says....
Gurgaon is unpredictable. It’s like a concrete jungle but there can be a remote village right after a skyscraper. There are posh localities on one side and jhuggis on the opposite. When I’m with my husband I don’t bother so much, but when I’m alone, safety becomes a concern.
In fact, Google Maps has taken me to all kinds of random places, through unsafe gallis. That worries me more, sometimes it reroutes through all these smaller villages. We see all kinds of things in the media, movies like NH10, and the scenes are right out of the movie. All these weird looking men smoking hookahs, sitting right outside their houses on charpoys, especially on the Gurgaon-Faridabad route…it really scares me no end. The problem is also that these places are so inaccessible, in the middle of nowhere. Even if I have to call my husband it will take him a while to reach me.
I remember once I had Google Maps on and it took me through some shady route. I can’t understand why the tech giants at Google can’t amend such a simple feature- I don’t want to be one minute faster, just don’t take me through random off road routes! They should really look into that, into well lit roads, main roads, roads that women drivers may want to choose.
Nimisha*, 29, Brand Manager at an MNC
*name changed to preserve anonymity.
She Says....
I am an undergraduate student at Delhi University and have lived in Gurgaon for several years now with my mother. Over the years with the influx of IT companies and MNCs Gurgaon has seen many people from different cultures and backgrounds come in. This has made the place more accustomed to different cultures and much more open-minded. The new population is more educated, follows a corporate culture and is more or less indifferent about others – they don’t really care what you do, where you go, what you wear. At the same time, safety does remain a major issue while travelling in the city.
I have to travel to South Delhi every day to attend college – I usually take the metro or cab. I make sure I use Google Maps or the built in Ola or Uber map all the time while travelling in an auto or cab to make sure I am being taken in the right direction. You never know otherwise…. Also, my live location is always, always shared with my mother. It makes me feel comfortable that my mother knows exactly where I am in case there is any problem. Most of my friends also do this. We also make sure that we text each other once we have reached home safely after college, just to be sure…. Technology makes me feel safe.
Sakshi*, 21, Bachelors Student in Economics
She Says....
Gurgaon is unpredictable. It’s like a concrete jungle but there can be a remote village right after a skyscraper. There are posh localities on one side and jhuggis on the opposite. When I’m with my husband I don’t bother so much, but when I’m alone, safety becomes a concern.
In fact, Google Maps has taken me to all kinds of random places, through unsafe gallis. That worries me more, sometimes it reroutes through all these smaller villages. We see all kinds of things in the media, movies like NH10, and the scenes are right out of the movie. All these weird looking men smoking hookahs, sitting right outside their houses on charpoys, especially on the Gurgaon-Faridabad route…it really scares me no end. The problem is also that these places are so inaccessible, in the middle of nowhere. Even if I have to call my husband it will take him a while to reach me.
I remember once I had Google Maps on and it took me through some shady route. I can’t understand why the tech giants at Google can’t amend such a simple feature- I don’t want to be one minute faster, just don’t take me through random off road routes! They should really look into that, into well lit roads, main roads, roads that women drivers may want to choose.
Nimisha*, 29, Brand Manager at an MNC
*name changed to preserve anonymity.
A conversation with Sakshi and Nimisha*
She Says....
I am an undergraduate student at Delhi University and have lived in Gurgaon for several years now with my mother. Over the years with the influx of IT companies and MNCs Gurgaon has seen many people from different cultures and backgrounds come in. This has made the place more accustomed to different cultures and much more open-minded. The new population is more educated, follows a corporate culture and is more or less indifferent about others – they don’t really care what you do, where you go, what you wear. At the same time, safety does remain a major issue while travelling in the city.
I have to travel to South Delhi every day to attend college – I usually take the metro or cab. I make sure I use Google Maps or the built in Ola or Uber map all the time while travelling in an auto or cab to make sure I am being taken in the right direction. You never know otherwise…. Also, my live location is always, always shared with my mother. It makes me feel comfortable that my mother knows exactly where I am in case there is any problem. Most of my friends also do this. We also make sure that we text each other once we have reached home safely after college, just to be sure…. Technology makes me feel safe.
Sakshi*, 21, Bachelors Student in Economics
She Says....
Gurgaon is unpredictable. It’s like a concrete jungle but there can be a remote village right after a skyscraper. There are posh localities on one side and jhuggis on the opposite. When I’m with my husband I don’t bother so much, but when I’m alone, safety becomes a concern.
In fact, Google Maps has taken me to all kinds of random places, through unsafe gallis. That worries me more, sometimes it reroutes through all these smaller villages. We see all kinds of things in the media, movies like NH10, and the scenes are right out of the movie. All these weird looking men smoking hookahs, sitting right outside their houses on charpoys, especially on the Gurgaon-Faridabad route…it really scares me no end. The problem is also that these places are so inaccessible, in the middle of nowhere. Even if I have to call my husband it will take him a while to reach me.
I remember once I had Google Maps on and it took me through some shady route. I can’t understand why the tech giants at Google can’t amend such a simple feature- I don’t want to be one minute faster, just don’t take me through random off road routes! They should really look into that, into well lit roads, main roads, roads that women drivers may want to choose.
Nimisha*, 29, Brand Manager at an MNC
*name changed to preserve anonymity.
A conversation with Sakshi and Nimisha*
She Says....
I am an undergraduate student at Delhi University and have lived in Gurgaon for several years now with my mother. Over the years with the influx of IT companies and MNCs Gurgaon has seen many people from different cultures and backgrounds come in. This has made the place more accustomed to different cultures and much more open-minded. The new population is more educated, follows a corporate culture and is more or less indifferent about others – they don’t really care what you do, where you go, what you wear. At the same time, safety does remain a major issue while travelling in the city.
I have to travel to South Delhi every day to attend college – I usually take the metro or cab. I make sure I use Google Maps or the built in Ola or Uber map all the time while travelling in an auto or cab to make sure I am being taken in the right direction. You never know otherwise…. Also, my live location is always, always shared with my mother. It makes me feel comfortable that my mother knows exactly where I am in case there is any problem. Most of my friends also do this. We also make sure that we text each other once we have reached home safely after college, just to be sure…. Technology makes me feel safe.
Sakshi*, 21, Bachelors Student in Economics
She Says....
Gurgaon is unpredictable. It’s like a concrete jungle but there can be a remote village right after a skyscraper. There are posh localities on one side and jhuggis on the opposite. When I’m with my husband I don’t bother so much, but when I’m alone, safety becomes a concern.
In fact, Google Maps has taken me to all kinds of random places, through unsafe gallis. That worries me more, sometimes it reroutes through all these smaller villages. We see all kinds of things in the media, movies like NH10, and the scenes are right out of the movie. All these weird looking men smoking hookahs, sitting right outside their houses on charpoys, especially on the Gurgaon-Faridabad route…it really scares me no end. The problem is also that these places are so inaccessible, in the middle of nowhere. Even if I have to call my husband it will take him a while to reach me.
I remember once I had Google Maps on and it took me through some shady route. I can’t understand why the tech giants at Google can’t amend such a simple feature- I don’t want to be one minute faster, just don’t take me through random off road routes! They should really look into that, into well lit roads, main roads, roads that women drivers may want to choose.
Nimisha*, 29, Brand Manager at an MNC
*name changed to preserve anonymity.
