And when you spot large groups of women taking over the roads with their cycles, it makes for a spectacular sight. Recently, our social media feed has been filled with powerful images from across our western border, of several groups of young women cycling on the main roads of Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. This year marked their third annual cycle rally, attracting 70 women participants each in Lahore and Islamabad, and about 30 in Karachi. Already ‘Girls on Bikes’ groups exist in Karachi and Lahore, and now a new group is expected to start in Islamabad/Rawalpindi. Some day, we hope that cycling will become a very ordinary thing for women in South Asia, not a cause for harassment, not a spectacle.

Source: The Hindu April 10, 2018 11:09 UTC