"Today in the morning I dropped two young boys to Anand Vihar," says Zamarrud Parveen, a pleasant surprise in her black-and-white hijab and bright yellow salwar kameez behind the wheel during my last Uber ride. "They started talking to me and asked where I was from. I told them I grew up in Bijnor, UP (Uttar Pradesh)." She changes gears and breaks into a proud chuckle. "They said, 'Seriously?! We're also from there, but we didn't think any girl from there would ever choose this profession.' I just laughed and asked them why. I said I loved driving! They had no idea what to say after that."
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