New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- "Ma'am, AC thoda kam chalega. Petrol kaafi mehenga ho gaya hai," (Ma'am, the AC will run a little less-petrol has become quite expensive) a woman cab driver told Amiyanshi Srivastava, a LinkedIn user, at the start of her Uber ride. The statement might have left many annoyed, but for Srivastava, it turned out to be an inspiring journey.

Srivastava took to LinkedIn to share her experience of taking an Uber ride in Gurugram with a female driver - something that she claimed should have been "ordinary. But it wasn't."

She recalled that as soon as she entered the cab and provided the OTP, the driver turned around and said: "Ma'am, the AC will run a little less. Petrol has become quite expensive."

Srivastava said she was ...