India, March 8 -- Anju Rani, 34, has been driving an e-rickshaw from Kamta to Nishatganj for over 12 years. "My husband, an alcoholic, passed away in 2013 when my son was four years old. My father taught me to drive an e-rickshaw to support my family. At first, I felt shy, and driving alongside several men felt weird. In the beginning, other drivers used to take my passengers, but I understood that to earn a livelihood, I would have to boldly combat the day-to-day problems," said Rani. Soon after her husband's death, she married again and was blessed with a daughter. However, the second husband asked her to leave her son at her parental home, but she refused. "Facing domestic violence every other day, I had no option but to escape and return to my parental home. I had a four-year-old son and a six-month-old daughter. My father had to visit our village in Rudauli for a few days. He handed over Rs 500 so I could buy milk for my daughter. He was supposed to return after five days but the stay extended to 15 days," said Rani. When her father left, she saw his e-rickshaw parked outside the house. Asking her son to take care of her daughter, she left to make two rounds from Kamta to Nishatganj. "I made three-four rounds per day. When my father returned, he had tears of joy. During that time, I had earned about Rs 9000 which made him believe that I would raise my children well," she added. Rekha Gupta, 25, has been driving an e-rickshaw for over two years. "I knew how to drive a scooty. That helped me take up driving an e-rickshaw for a living. I had a daughter to raise and there was nobody else to support us," she said....