A Woman On Wheels: My IIM Kashipur Biker’s Club Story

Being a female student, it was all the more exciting for me. No matter how hard we may deny, we still live in a world where patriarchal superiority has not fully given way to gender equality. But here, I felt equal. Here I get the courtesy and respect which every female deserves, but not the ‘special benefits’ (wink wink) which are still part of our society that comes with a pre-assumption that women might need a head start to be at the same level with their fellow male counterparts. The culture that has been taking shape here is what we need to adopt more. In IIM Kashipur, we have leaders in making who would be managing various organisations in future. The way we behave is a reflection of what we have been learning. It is important that this culture gets ingrained in men that women are equal and should be judged on the basis of their work. Also, female students need to understand that just because they are fairer sex does not mean they deserve any less than their male counterparts.

Bikers Club has a contribution towards providing me with this confidence. Bike, which is seen as something which is masculine and meant for a man, the ‘stronger sex’, is something that belongs equally to me as well, a woman, thus blurring the lines that are drawn between genders; and somewhere polishing the confidence that every woman possesses and igniting the dreams that burn within.