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  • Padma Awards, the real gems

    One of the best things that has happened has been to open up the selection process of Padma awards selection to common man. Everyone of us have an option to send in our choices and this has been one…
  • The Mahindra XUV700 Thread

    Now coming to the main context, it's not that people are not willing to wait. I mean, people can and do wait. As it's said, "Good things come to those who wait", and XUV7OO is the best thing going…
  • Booked 2nd-gen Maruti Celerio

    Seems I am the only one who has booked the new Celerio red AMT top end (30,000 INR for a solid confirmation booking). Main attraction for me was hill hold, black interior and the red colour. Already…
  • More Toyota Qualis tributes

    Meet the 8,00,000 km or 5,00,000 miles driven Toyota Qualis. Crazy. Owned by Regi Mathews - one of the first Qualis customers of Nippon Toyota, Kerala.
  • Living in flood-prone localities

    As much as I love Chennai for the people, food, beaches and everything else it offers, everyear November-December is becoming increasingly challenging because unpredictable rains and floods. No one…
  • Sigh, Safari as garbage truck...

    A disgruntled Tata Safari owner, Mr Nikil Mishra, wants to use his three month old SUV as a garbage truck as he has had a very bad ownership experience in Alwar, Rajasthan. He claims to have got the…
  • Why no GST on petrol / diesel?

    In yet another case of judicial activism, which is increasingly becoming a trend, the Kerala HC has asked the GST Council to file a response within 10 days, as to why Petrol and Diesel have not been…
  • Drive: Western Ghats & Temples

    This trip was certainly quite different from my usual weekend trips. First, the destination and the purpose of the drive was quite different. And then the car I was driving was not my beloved red…
  • I bought a red Skoda Kushaq

    I have had the car for roughly 12 days now. I have done around 200 kms and yet to take it on a proper drive. Here are a few pictures to do the remaining!
  • On the XUV700's 5-stars...

    These scores are not the final scores for body regions. The score for each body region may be reduced based on 'modifiers', for example an unstable structure causes reduction of 1.000 point for the…
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