Indian women have been working as tourist guides since the 1970s, undeterred by the long hours in the outdoors and the responsibility of managing tourists from diverse backgrounds and with varying temperaments.
In popular imagination a tourist guide is usually a man who accosts people outside monuments and other historical sites offering guided excursions. This image has been further reinforced by the 1965 classic film, ‘Guide’, where cinematic legend Dev Anand transforms into Raju, a happy-go-lucky freelance guide, who paves the way for a talented, but cloistered, married woman to rediscover her passion for dancing and free herself from the clutches of a loveless relationship.

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