‘Machines Don’t See Gender’: India’s First Female Train Driver Retires After 36 Years
Surekha Yadav, India’s first female train driver, has retired after an inspiring 36-year career with Indian Railways — a journey that began when women in the profession were almost unheard of. “Machines don’t see gender; they see your strength,” Yadav said as she reflected on her decades behind the controls of locomotives across India’s vast…