Shuruaat

28^th August 2016

The first day in Mumbai (after getting the job). One of my very close friends had told me about OlaShare and how it is awesome. I landed and booked one for Rs. 110 approx from the airport to the hotel. In Delhi, nobody books OlaShare, I guess, because nobody feels safe with the other person. But it was my first OlaShare ride, the time was 10pm. As I had boarded, the driver moved the cab in the other direction, because there was another co-rider in the OlaShare booking. The name displayed was Apoorva. I obviously thought it’d be some guy because (a.) it was night time hence why would a girl go for OlaShare at such a time; (b.) why would life give me an opportunity to travel with a female co-passenger. But to my surprise, she was a pretty girl from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport with a bag of Zara in her hand heading towards IIT, Powai. I realized (a.) people are safer in Mumbai than in Delhi, although it was an early conclusion, but later on, due to many instances, my conclusion was proven to be correct; (b.) females are much cooler and are less of a hypocrite in this city, as they don't mind sharing a cab ride with an unknown person.

I travel a lot by OlaShare and UberPool and I realized, everybody and anybody uses a shared cab and it’s convenient, cheap and you get to meet new people.