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Aagam's avatar

Beautiful! Am researching on why do indians honk and absolutely love this one!

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Rohan Banerjee's avatar

Hilarious! And the section on honking is far too accurate.

If I could get someone (like Q) to jazz up my car with James Bond-esque gadgets, I'd want an egg shooter. It would identify the loudest/most persistent honker in the vicinity, and then pelt them with eggs.

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Apurva Chitnis's avatar

I really loved this, Pallavi -- you've somehow captured a lot of makes India special and unique! Memories of past trips are flooding back :)

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Deepti's avatar

Haha..hilariously accurate

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Zaki Khalid's avatar

I was under the false impression, out of ignorance, that cows are worshipped but you point out that they are rather venerated. Misperception corrected.

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Zaki Khalid's avatar

This one had me laughing in fits, "Oh, and when you have not used your horn in a few minutes."

We do that so much here in Pakistan too!

On the corruption and mismanagement of RTOs, again, ditto this side!

Thank you for sharing these delightful responses, ma'am!

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Pallavi Aiyar's avatar

Thank you for reading and commenting! Love hearing from you. Hoping to visit Pakistan some day.

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Zaki Khalid's avatar

Would be happy to host you, ma'am!

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Archana Shivmani Rao's avatar

Pallavi, this piece was so accurate and so hilarious! Usually your articles tend to be on the serious side...this was a pleasant surprise. It was a tough day till I read this article...changed my mood and perspectives for the better :))

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Pallavi Aiyar's avatar

That's lovely to hear!

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Ultano Kindelan's avatar

Thank you Pallavi, you made me remember the dyas when Madrid had no traffic lights and the city had some great honkers, although nothing like your cities....

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Pallavi Aiyar's avatar

I have seen Italy like that in the 1990s. Napoli still similar in some parts .

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Gianni Simone's avatar

Your story reminded me of my trip to India back in 1999. Good times!

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