Sheetal Dugar, 40, a simple living homemaker and mother of three children is the first ever Indian woman to own her Lamborghini Huracan and the only woman who drives it down NH2 on sleepy Sunday mornings. "It feels like flying," she said smiling.
Yet! She is not a driving expert or learning it from childhood. It was only after a year of marriage that she learned how to drive, when she was 20-years-old. There is only one question inspire her, i.e. If he can, why not me?"
Yashaswi Dugar her eldest daughter who is just 18 says, "She always wins the races. But there are many other women and wives of competitors, who come to the event but no one participates. Some of the other gentlemen promise to beat her at the next race, but she's the fastest.
Married at her early age of 19, to industrialist Vinod Dugar, "She was a perfect good girl who fell in love and got married," says Yashaswi. "I learnt it just because I thought it was a valuable life skill to have. I didn't like being dependent on drivers," she said. Dugar didn't drive around much even then. The only time any speeding skills were required, was when the daughters overslept and missed their school bus.
"I remember we were in Kindergarten and we had a soft-top convertible San Storm. It was a bright, fiery red and it would be a thrill to get dropped to school in it," says her daughter. She’d even manage to beat the school bus despite leaving after it. "There have been times when I have reached the school in less than seven minutes covering the distance from Park Street to Heritage School," she grins. This would mean roughly 14 km. But except for emergencies such as this, Dugar stayed far from speedy rides.