Bang, Bang...Bangalore.

Here's my first blog ever! This particular incident happened during a road trip to bangalore along with dad,a cousin and my infamous grandmom.

It was a hot summer afternoon and the AC was blowing at maximum pace. Since the highway was deserted, i was cruising at around 120 kmph while my cousin sat beside me, in the passenger's seat. I suddenly noticed something out of the corner of my eye, in the rear view mirror. My grandmom, who was seated at the left rear corner of the car, against the window, was actually tilting to her right by supporting her elbow on the seat and staring at the road ahead with an absolutely terrified look!

Only then did i remember that amidst all her big-talk, she had an eternal fear of speeding vehicles and hallucinatory accidents! I was anticipating a helpless whine accompanied with some advice from her, when instead she gave a huge sigh of relief saying "Ohhhhh 30 km speed-aa?? seri, seri(ok,ok)...continue..." and laid back comfortably on her seat again!


Frankly i was puzzled as to where she got those rather faulty statistics from, and started scanning the dashboard area. And then, i realised her goof-up! From her seating position, she had mistaken the smaller tachometer (rpm meter) to be the speedometer and the number 3 (x1000 rpm),indicated by the needle, to be the 'tens' digit of the speed of the vehicle!!



The entire car erupted into laughter, as my grandmom smiled weakly, trying to cover up her embarassment.

Perhaps its time grandmoms shifted to futuristic versions of their age-old companion...the wheelchair!!