I went for a visit to the much-hyped AutoExpo 2010 yesterday. But sadly, the management was so bad that it just marred the whole experience of gazing at those four-legged beauties.

Yesterday was supposed to be an exclusively media day. But the general public had also got in somehow. That's not the problem. The problem was the way Delhites were behaving. Women were asking specifically for those carry-bags which the PRs were giving out to the media with the press release. Oh no! These women didnt want any information about the cars...they just wanted a glossy carry-bag.

Lovers were standing in front of the cars and getting their photo clicked as if they had come to some tourist destination. School kids were running around here and there. In short, it was a total chaos. I am not judging anybody, but I hope that Delhites learn to be more sophisticated soon, especially as we are going to be the hosts for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

Apart from the hullabaloo, the cars were awesome! Especially the Jaguar XJ, Audi R8, and most of the Mercedes models. It is worth going to the expo to see these beauties live even if you can't afford them.
Lorraine Rodrigues
1/13/2010 05:49:09 pm

You are so lucky. I was looking at all those photospreads in the TOI and weeping. I reallllly wanted to be there :(

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1/13/2010 06:11:08 pm

Don't worry, you didn't miss anything. There was no space to even walk properly. It was so chaotic!

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1/20/2010 01:52:55 pm

aw come on. :) give people a break. just coz kids run around and people get pictures clicked means we are unsophisiticated? Thoda sa elitist lag raha hain ..nahi?

I liked ur post about eye surgery. U r right. its good if its done properly.

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1/20/2010 03:43:48 pm

Lol...I guess I am being elitist. But you should have seen the face of all the foreigners who were there to represent their brands. They were looking around as if they had entered in a zoo. And I was cringing inside thinking what they must be thinking about Delhi/India and its people. I know we shouldn't really change because others want us to. But, in the end, we are trying to project ourselves as a major part of the global economy. So why not behave like that as well?

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1/22/2010 12:59:29 pm

Yup. Thats India for us. Always looking westward for benchmarking and validation. hey did u read that letter that Lord Macaulay wrote when he landed in India. He said that the only way to break Indians is to make them feel that "everything foreign and english is greater than their own". Seems he has succeeded in some measure. heheheh.

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