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Kala Ghoda 2013 Diaries – #3: The Auto Show

Decorated or redesigned vehicles are part of KGAF every year. Of all the vehicle installations at this year’s KGAF, “Birth Story of Vespa” stood apart.

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This installation represents the famous Vespa scooter. It brings out the similarity in form that the Vespa shares with wasp. Vespa is Italian for wasp.

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A good option to reduce pollution and consumption of natural resources but cycling on Mumbai roads can be suicidal

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Artist Hetal Shukhla says the “poor artist syndrome is oudated, boring and uncool. The new artist wants CHANGE.”

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Eleven-year old Dev Mehta reflects the ever-changing colours of Mumbai on this car

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Varsha Pandit and 1B art students of Jamnabai Narsee School depict the dreams and aspirations of the city on this “dream wagon”

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Akshay Patel wonders if the increasing fares will trigger the return of erstwhile “pull rickshaws”

DSC_0143If pull rickshaws return, this will be a thing of past. By Puja Arora

8 Comments on “Kala Ghoda 2013 Diaries – #3: The Auto Show

  1. Beautiful pictures. I fell in love with Vespa which was perhaps the first scooter on Indian roads. Mopeds were already there. The one which I rode was a Lambretta Scooterette. I remeber the earliest power driven Cycle which had an engine named Berini made in Holland.

  2. I like the bicycle!

    The first rickshaw photo is nice but I wonder why Varsha Pandit chose a rickshaw to depict the dreams of the city…

    These days, when the rickshaw meter is down, the stress “meter” goes up, no?!

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