What Do Delhi Women Feel About Kejriwal's 'Bhai Dooj' Gift? I Found Out on a Free Bus Ride
On Tuesday, I did something I have literally never done. I rode a public bus to work. The Delhi government rolled out a travel scheme that offers free rides to women in the national capital in over 5,500 state-run buses. Women travelers will be given special pink tickets in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses to avail the free-ride scheme. Calling it his bhai dooj gift, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, "The country can progress when the women will progress." So when I boarded the DTC bus from Vasant Kunj and the conductor asked me to get my ticket, I was naturally surprised. The smiling conductor seemed to guess my confusion and urged me to come forth, nonetheless. Instead of pulling out a ticket from the regular stack, he fished out a new, pink stack of slips and handed me one. A woman's outline peeped up from the bright pink paper in my hand with the words "single yatra (travel) pass" printed under it. On the ba