Cars posts

Turbo Desi

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Part two.
In the late eighteenth century, in Mysore, Tippu Sultan took a foreign invention and tweaked it to bring down the British. A fifteen minute walk from my flat brings you to the Royal Artillery Museum where two of Tippu Sultan’s rockets are displayed. He is credited with being the first to use iron rockets [...]

Hindustan Motors

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Millions of brown men all over the globe share one passion. Whether it be aspirations for a Mercedes, a 2000W subwoofer in the bimmer or changing the fanbelt on an orange Datsun, the South Asian diaspora is held together by its love of cars. This is the first of two posts that will pimp your [...]