Bajaj Auto is set to stop making scooters.Reminds me of
ye zami ye asma
hamar kal hamar aaj
bhuland bharat ki Bhuland tasveer
Hamara Bajaj
and
the print ad on the last page on India Today Chunnu munnu de pappa di gaddi (unfortunately I could not get the image).
Bajaj/scooter reminds me of the scooters I grew up with. Pappa use to have a light pastel green scooter till I was in class 3.Then he sold it and got a Bajaj dark blue chetak.
All the good times I have had on the scooters. Some of the memories pass my mind. Like the times when we use to have family outings to the local exhibition and invariably I use to end up making a big fuss and buy balloon and then fall asleep standing on the front of the scooter holding the balloon and reach home to find my hand empty. Or the times I use to fall asleep on the scooter and Pappa tapping my head to wake me up. The time I tried to learn to ride a scooter. Or the time Pappa and me had our outings to cuboon park and lal-baugh. Or the time we had an accident where mumma had a fractured hand and me bruised all over.And the time when sis and me were sitting on the scooter waiting for dad to get back from the shop and managing to remove the stand and come crashing down with the scooter.And the times when Pappa use to turn the vehicle off as we reached the slope near home.
An era of good times spent with the scooter. Feels bad to see them go, well as the news says "rather than look into the rear-view mirror, Bajaj Auto is focusing on the road ahead". Goodbye scooters you were a very integral part of my childhood. KUDOS. ADIOS.
