Automobile by Gautam SenMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Frankly this is not an Indian love affair with automobiles but more of an account of the hobby of rich aficionados’ collecting vintage cars.
It was the arrival of the Maruti 800 that really started the true love affair of Indians with the automobile – once quality, reasonably priced cars were easily available and the monopoly of “The Small Three” ended. The author goes on interminably in excruciating details about rare European vintage cars – that is his prerogative as it is his passion. For the hoi polloi this ‘love affair’ was cemented with the watered-down Indian version of the SUV.
There should have been a bit about the parsimony of Indians and their obsession with CNG and the phrase Kitna deti hai? Without the spreading network of Expressways (and the inevitable rise in accidents) driving for leisure rather than work has increased.
Finally, there was no mention of the iconic Enfield 200 aka Mini Bullet – the bike that was adorned with a dash of colour after the all-black Bullet, Yezdi and Rajdoot. It was this bike with the registration number DEW 717 that I used during College while courting my future wife!!
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