Rann of Kutch (8th – 16th February 2020) The Federation of Historic Vehicles of India in association with FIVA, official partner UNESCO , with support from GVCCC (Gujarat Vintage and Classic Car Club) organised their most recent event where a group of 13 Vintage and Classic cars, drove over 1400 kilometers spread over 7 days through the state of Gujarat and Rajasthan. The participants included children as young as 4 years and grandparents as old as 80. It even included woman

So yesterday I renewed an old friendship. Margaret Thatcher, or Maragatham Tatachari (borrowed from a brother-in-law’s joke), alias Maggie is a split personality. At once very English, and yet, very Madras. Maggie is a rather unusual lady. Now sixty eight years old, she was one of a batch of Morris Minors that were imported into India as CKD kits and assembled in Madras by Addison and Company, with a view to demonstrate their capability to manufacture these cars in India unde

It was a great occasion to go to Goa again! After having driven for holidays in December 2015 and October 2016 in my Morris minor 1952, this was a good opportunity to test out my newly restored Hindustan 14 1950. In 2016 my Morris minor also participated in the first Goa tourism development corporation vintage car festival and was among the two cars from Bangalore which drove to Goa for the event, Arun and Mr.Vasudevan in their Fiat super select along with their family, being

The Historic Vehicle Movement in Karnataka, India is in full swing. The Karnataka Vintage and Classic Car Club (KVCCC) is one of the oldest clubs in the country, established in 1979. In order to appeal to a young audience in a country that has more than 50% of it’s population under the age of 30, the club recently elected an entirely new committee under the guidance of its senior members. What is special about this committee is that, it not only has a large youth repres

Probably, one of the best ways to get out of Bangalore, particularly if one lives on the eastern rim of the city as I do,is to hit the old Madras Road. Old Dev was put through his paces again. A solo drive to Devarayasamudra, in Mulbagal Taluk allowed the little fellow to warm up and fly a bit. When you start an old car, he sounds a bit rough, like an experienced singer clearing his throat. Dev does not like city traffic, so I got him out of the snarls early enough. After a b