Ode to the Chetak
Chunnu de munnu de papa di gaddi will soon be history ... Bajaj Chetak- The reliable stallion of the middle class Indian family for the last 30 years is all set to retire. I was shocked to read this- 'Bajaj bids adieu to hamara Chetak' article this morning as I scanned the Times of India. Modern India has finally outgrown the utility of the omnipresent two-wheeler which till date has sold over 40 million pieces.
If the Indian middle-class man were to be reborn as a product, chances are it would be as the Bajaj scooter. Squat, a belly going to pot, wearing a grey safari suit, undist i n g u i s h e d but resourceful. With a wife perched uncomfortably at the back, Gudiya squeezed between the two and Cheeku standing up front. No product comes close to capturing the essence of middle-class India as well as the scooter. Ode to the vehicle that drove middle-class India 14 Feb 2005, Times of India. Read the complete article ...
The Boston Angle
Many many miles away from home, we hardly miss the taste of Indian culture here- every city has sprawling Indian strip malls hawking everything from Indian pots and pans to chaats and even paan. But, how can the tasveer (picture) ever be complete without a Bajaj Chetak (Aggie graduates '00-'03- see any connection)?
Check out a new Chetak today, call for color availability! Click here ...
Har Ghadi Badal Raha Hai Roop Zindagi
Chaav Hai Kahhi Hai Dhoop Zidnagi
Har Pal Yahan
Jee Bhar Jiyo Jo Hai Sama
Kal Ho Na Ho
posted by RadioActive Ray at 12:57 PM
2 Comments:
Who'd ever know that a Chunnu Munnu connection will make you bump into my blog? :-) Strange world this. I would be interested to see how many Aggie graduates '00-'03 make the connection you want them to see :-)
I just dropped off a hint ... hoping that the curious and the interested will find their way around and get the point!
Amazing how everything and everybody on this earth will some day, some how get interconnected to each other. 'Imagine' that happening!!
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