Archive for May, 2012
 

 
What? 28 Lakhs for Such a Small Car???

Driving Like Dummies 4 – Story of the Indian Car Buyer Part 1

A car is a must today. No doubt about that, especially when there is little effective public transportation in India. But the car ownership funda in our society is totally warped with “emotional” or perceived factor...
by vadakkus
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Have a Happy and Fertile Valentine’s Day!

There are many things in history which no one really knows where it came from, and Valentine’s Day is one of them. This gives us a wonderful opportunity of cooking up our own theories for it’s origin, like the tradi...
by vadakkus
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Trivandrum Bangalore Shatabdi

Trains from Bangalore to Kerala in an Alternate Universe

A Shatabdi Express from Thiruvananthapuram to Bangalore? That will not happen in this Universe, where for various reasons known to everyone, the hallowed populace of Malluland has the distinction of being always ignored and at ...
by vadakkus
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Advertisement for the Hindustan Ambassador Mark 4, 1979

Driving Like Dummies 3 – Story of the Indian Car Industry

When it comes to having changed the lives of millions of Indians post liberalization, the automobile sector must come second only after the Telecom sector. Almost all major automobile manufacturers in the world have their prese...
by vadakkus
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Kerala and Some High Speed Jokes

The best joke of the year so far just came out of the blue one fine morning, splashed across the front page of the day’s newspaper. Seeing the headline, I couldn’t hold it in (the laughter) and just ROLFMAO-ed my gu...
by vadakkus
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