After that unexpected incident when she had tried to shift the car gear without pressing down the clutch, causing the vehicle to jerk, the frightened woman not only shelved her dreams of driving but also stopped travelling in cars or even riding pillion on motorbikes.
However, after 22 long years, this farmer-homemaker drove a vehicle for the first time, that too a heavy tractor, earlier this week with full confidence in Mulanthuruthy village in Kerala.
John was among the several women in the State who are learning the basics of tractor driving, which has so far been considered as a male bastion, as part of the Centre’s ambitious Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) programme.
