As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, a 29-year-old e-rickshaw driver stands out as a shining example of a working woman who braved all odds and battled against pre-conceived notions and societal pressure for the well being of her family.

Meet Princy Chawla (29), the lone e- rickshaw driver of Dhanbad, who took the responsibility to augment the family income way back in 2015 after leaving the job of a security guard of a private firm. Today, she is able to provide for the education of two of her daughters, one 14 years and the other barely 14 months. What's more, the family is able to save too.

Talking to The Telegraph Online, Chawla said, “Married to auto driver Vickey Chawla in 2005 at the age 15, I spent several years at home. But as my elder daughter started going to school I got thinking about her education, and due to the limited income of my husband, decided to contribute to the family income."

Princy's first job was in a private firm as a security guard. But soon, she realised this was not what she wanted to do.

“ I went to Ranchi in 2015 for training and witnessed several women driving e-rickshaws. I left the training midway and decide to buy my own e-rickshaw”

“Though it took around eight to nine days to convince my husband, I managed a bank loan to buy an e-rickshaw. Soon, I started adding to the family income,” said Princy.

Both she and her husband faced resistance and sarcastic obsrvations of neighbours. "Many told my husband how he was living off a woman's income, but he never cared. The fact is that he never takes a single paise from my income. Instead, he helps me pay the EMI for the bank loan for the e- rickshaw,” she said.

Princey said she felt good operating n e-rickshaw. "It is better than working as a housemaid. Since I have studied up to Class VIII, I could not find a suitable job. Hence, I took to operating an e-rickhaw. I believe working for oneself is better than working under somebody,” she said.

Husband Vickey admitted he was initially hesitant about her plan. "But I soon realised that it is better to be self-employed," he said. “I don’t care about comments made by friends and relatives about my wife working in a male dominated area. For, I believe that what is right needs no justification,” he added.