“Delhi is reputed to be unsafe for women, but I felt completely safe”, Hema Malini on taking an auto after Atalji’s cremation
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tify">Unable to find her car in the melee of mourners after the late and great Atal Bihari Vajpeyee’s last rites, actress and BJP member Hema Malini simply hopped on to a passing autorickhaw. And she never felt more safe. “Rarely do I get a chance to be on my own. I am always surrounded by people and coming out on the roads on my own is a luxury that I can ill-afford. I was warned against travelling without my security arrangement. But after I paid my last respects to Atalji it was impossible to locate my car in the surge of people. When I saw an autorickshaw I simply stopped it and climbed on with a female companion who was with me.”
tify">Hemaji says the auto ride was liberating. “The auto driver took me all around the Connaught Place and other areas in Delhi before dropping me to my hotel. He was a very courteous and discreet drive. Of course he knew who I was. But he didn’t ask me anything even once. He just drove on quietly. Delhi is reputed to be unsafe for women. But I felt completely safe in a vehicle I’ve seldom used being driven by a man I had never seen.”
tify">Hemaji feels she should do this more often. “How can we experience the real India unless we get out of our cocoons and private cars? Was this the first time I had been in an autorickshaw? Of course not! Recently I needed to be dropped to the ISKCON temple in Mumbai and I my driver was not around. I told my assistant to call an autorickshaw. ‘Aap auto se jayenge?’ he was incredulous. But I insisted. And even without my security guards I enjoyed the ride completely.” The legendary Dream Girl advises such unescorted travel to all politicians. “Just go out there and explore the city, meet the people. It is a very revealing experience.”
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