VADODARA: Two years in the past, when she determined to shop for a motorbike, her family members objected and requested her to shop for a gear-less two-wheeler like different women use. But that didn’t deter Ritu Kaur from chasing her dream of using a bullet. “Finally I bought a bullet from my incomes. It used to be the happiest moment in my life,” Kaur said.
But she isn’t the one woman to journey a bullet within the town. A gaggle of six ladies known as ‘Bullet Queens’ who've shed the conventional image to scorch the city roads with the mean gadget. “Who says that most effective large boys can journey a bullet? Even ladies can take care of the burly motorbike and our crew has shown that. We simply don’t journey our bullets but own the streets in taste,” Kaur, a swimming trainer in Navrachana International, informed TOI.
“I was at school VIII when I first rode a motorbike and have been using most effective bikes since then,” she said. After Ritu purchased a bullet, she posted several photos of her rides on the social media.
“Another Barodian Richa Patel, who drives a bullet, reached out to me after seeing the photos. It used to be then that I learnt that some other women from the city too power bullets,” Ritu said. That used to be how the Bullet Queens crew took form.
Twenty-four-year-old Richa Patel, who's youngest within the crew, said that she were given passion of using bullet from her father. “My circle of relatives supported my choice to go for a bullet, but I many attempted to discourage me too. They used to mention that ladies shouldn’t journey such heavy machines, but I used to snigger them off,” Patel, who additionally participates in professional bike rallies, said.
The Bullet Queens crew has now transform rather common within the town and is invited for many events together with Independence Day and Republic Day rallies. “We were breaking the conventional image of bullet riders and now the acceptance of girls using heavy machines is on its method up. Driving this royal gadget is something that all of us proportion as a keenness. I am certain we will be able to get extra individuals in our crew within the coming days,” said Seema Shah, 45, who additionally runs a automobile provider station in Nizampura.
But she isn’t the one woman to journey a bullet within the town. A gaggle of six ladies known as ‘Bullet Queens’ who've shed the conventional image to scorch the city roads with the mean gadget. “Who says that most effective large boys can journey a bullet? Even ladies can take care of the burly motorbike and our crew has shown that. We simply don’t journey our bullets but own the streets in taste,” Kaur, a swimming trainer in Navrachana International, informed TOI.
“I was at school VIII when I first rode a motorbike and have been using most effective bikes since then,” she said. After Ritu purchased a bullet, she posted several photos of her rides on the social media.
“Another Barodian Richa Patel, who drives a bullet, reached out to me after seeing the photos. It used to be then that I learnt that some other women from the city too power bullets,” Ritu said. That used to be how the Bullet Queens crew took form.
Twenty-four-year-old Richa Patel, who's youngest within the crew, said that she were given passion of using bullet from her father. “My circle of relatives supported my choice to go for a bullet, but I many attempted to discourage me too. They used to mention that ladies shouldn’t journey such heavy machines, but I used to snigger them off,” Patel, who additionally participates in professional bike rallies, said.
The Bullet Queens crew has now transform rather common within the town and is invited for many events together with Independence Day and Republic Day rallies. “We were breaking the conventional image of bullet riders and now the acceptance of girls using heavy machines is on its method up. Driving this royal gadget is something that all of us proportion as a keenness. I am certain we will be able to get extra individuals in our crew within the coming days,” said Seema Shah, 45, who additionally runs a automobile provider station in Nizampura.
Women's Day: These Bullet Queens ride the beast in style
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