It’s been a long time since I’ve ridden pillion on a scooter. “Kick start it then I’ll sit” I tell the youngster who is offering me a lift.
“Kick start?”
“Yes kick start,” I tell him.
“Sit” he says, presses a button and engine springs to life.
“Wow” I think as my memory travels [...]
Nowhere else in the world is such quick action taken after a road accident than in India!
I be witness to this the other day:
“Accident!” screams my driver, jumping out of the car, with agility I’ve never witnessed before, he runs across the road, jumps over divider, dodges a speeding truck and arrives at [...]
A young friend of mine banged into a pedestrian while riding his 1000cc motorbike in the early hours of this morning and I went off to the police station to see what I could do for him.
“What happened?” I asked the youngster while sitting outside the police station. A constable who was sitting nearby [...]
This morning I sent my car to the garage and rummaged in my drawer to find a copy of the letter I’d sent to another mechanic some years ago:
Dear Abdul,
I was so happy when we met at the club last week and you informed me you also ran a garage. I knew at [...]
