TATA Nano

Well, why am I writing about the TATA Nano?

First and foremost, I saw one of my first TATA Nanos on the road - that also on the Kalka-Zirakpur Highway a few weeks back. It looks like a cute little car - silver colour with little wheels and a little body...

What I've heard is that it is not advisable to drive this car on long journeys - it's more like a car you'd buy your veggies in and take the kids to school and back. It's meant for cities - and that too with loadsa traffic jams so that the slow pace of the car makes up for the lack in the engine capacity.

That's what I've heard.

Another big controversy is how this Rs 1 lakhs car (roughly $2000) is going to create a ruckus on the roads because obviously its low price is going to make it affordable to many more people. Eminent scientists and environmentalists have raised their objections on the car and how much pollution it'll add.

But a car is a car. I never saw anyone say anything when rich families were buying Skodas and Mercedes - just because they can afford more than one does it mean someone from a low class can't buy a cheap car? The "class" argument just didn't make any sense to me.

Plus I do think that our public transport deserves a lot of the blame. I haven't been in a bus since my college days - but I will tell you this - I didn't like getting mauled; I didn't like getting brushed up against; I didn't like getting my pocket picked; I didn't like almost dying because the bloody bus wouldn't stop for more than 3 seconds at the bus stop...

Argh.....

GO NANO!!!!!!