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Thus came to end another day at office. The time was 10:30 in the night. By the ti me, office cab would drop me home - where baba would be waiting up no matter what the hou r - it would easily be midnight! Nothing depressed me as the v thought of it - wi a day come when I would reach home in time for at least dinner if not evening chai! As I walked towards the waiting office cab, my eyes looked around for Ismail - a regular companion on the route. My heart sank when I realized he is on leave - the new office ru e mandated that if a female employee is travelling lone, she should be accompanied by an office guard. This was easier said than done - due to the shortage of guards this s ometime meant a wait time of one hour! The prospect of reaching home after one in the night made me hyperventilate. I slowly walked up to Basu - the regular driver on our r oute - and asked him to sneak away via the back entry without the supervisor noticing us.

Baba's warnings of not to travel alone rang in my ears but considering the roads will still be packed and also asu is been our cab driver for past few months I deided it was a risk worth taking!As the cab hit the ring road and the cool night air caressed my face, I at last started relaxing. Baba’s phone is been busy for last few mins - Mai must be on the phone with her sisters. As we entered the city, the roads were once again jam-packed! Basu as usual took t e inner by lanes – it went through dark deserted streets but would at leas save us a good 30 mins! I sat back and soon got lost in the late night FM music.... .Even when Basu slowed down near an open ground, I didn’t think anything was amiss! Bu t the moment he jerked to a stop and accosted me out I realized it was too late...

My screams would go unheeded and there was no way I could make a quick call or send a me ssage asking for help! It was then I wished I had Smart Suraksha with me which at the pre ss of a single button would have sent out message of elp to five pre-chosen contacts from my contact list along with my current location!While th is is a fictitious story, In today's IT industry where late night shifts is more of a rul e than a exception and considering most of us carry around a smart phone, it makes so muc h se n