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

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