Explore Nikhilji's summer India trip in his own words!! New Asian Adventures topic covers the ups and downs of travelling in the world's second most populated and popular (after China and US respectively) country!!!

My panji (great-grandma) is 94 years old!!! And she is an amazingly fit 94-year-old too: She has quite some trouble walking and suffers some muscle pain and hearing loss, but thats about it. Her memory is intact (She remembered the last name of my dad's cousin whom he mentioned 8 years ago), she has eagle-sharp eyes (she doesnt and has never and never will wear glasses) and she has a great sense of humour.

Actual Sign above the Atlas Shakti arcade: For amusement only. Like, naw, you can't use this arcade to cure your chronic depression.

On Tuesday J23 We took a ride by car from Mumbai to Pune along a very impressive expressway (a freeway with less cars on it). On the way I saw one of the worst business property organization jobs I've ever seen-- four competing car companies, all with production plants and offices on the same block in adjacent buildings. Maruti next to Tata next to Fiat next to Bajaj. No wonder the car industry here hasnt really taken off. The best car available to the common public is the Toyota Qualis ( I estimate a '77 model that had dismal US sales). The really rich people have Hyundais manufactured in the early 90s but nothing newer.