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A Bengaluru woman’s late-night Rapido ride recently turned into an unexpected lesson in trust and kindness. In an Instagram post, Asha Mane shared a video from her journey, showing snippets of her ride with the Rapido captain and later, him crouched on a pitch-dark road trying to fix his bike.
The text on her reel set the scene: “I thought this was just another Rapido ride until it turned into a story I’ll never forget… It was 11:45 pm, my phone battery was 6%, and I had a 38 km ride ahead. I asked anna, ‘anna konjum vegum pogalama?’…”
A few kilometres in, the bike suddenly jerked, thud, as it hit a pothole. The chain snapped, and the two were left stranded on a lonely stretch with no shop in sight.
In her caption, Mane explained how everything shifted in that moment. Instead of ending the ride, the captain calmly reassured her: “Don’t worry, we will fix it and I will drop you home.” She wrote that his words, though simple, felt genuinely comforting. As a rider herself, she felt she couldn’t just walk away, “If he’s not giving up, neither will I.”
So she stayed, holding her phone torch while he worked on the broken chain. Within 10 minutes, the bike was up and running again. There were no arguments, no irritation, just two strangers quietly figuring things out together at midnight.
Mane finally reached home around 1 am. Looking back, she wrote that moments like these remind her that despite the constant stream of negative news, there are people who choose to do the right thing. “Out of a thousand bad experiences, there are still those few that restore your faith in people, in safety, in humanity.”
She also tagged Rapido, urging the company to recognise such riders, saying they are the ones who make women feel safer during late-night trips.
The clip drew a wave of responses online. Rapido’s official handle chimed in with an emotional note, “Wow… This one hit differently. Not all heroes wear capes, some fix chains under a streetlight at 12:50 AM and still make sure you reach home safe. Thank you for sharing this moment of humanity and trust. We’ll make sure he gets the recognition he deserves.”
Many users also shared their thoughts, one said, “All men’s are not same I also faced this situation but he handled very cool.”
Another user commented, “His sweet gesture as well as your patience both played huge role in that situation. Hope everyone is this kind to everyone.”
A third person added, “This shows that good men are still out there, and this is what we need.”
