I come from middle class background and for us, even small things have a special place in heart. Not because there aren't any new alternatives, just because the memories associated with them. And when Bajaj announced that they are are going to stop the production of scooter, it surely marked the end of an era. My father got this Bajaj Super (Pehelwan - we love to call it that way) before my birth in Kanpur and ever since he just another member of the family. And always the most reliable one. My father still drives it much more pride than the recent addition to XCD into the list. 22 Years of service and still going good guns. I don't know how my father decided on that green color, but it looks perfectly awesome on it. Any other thing and I would have hated that thing. I can't forget how we all used to fit into our Pehelwan. Bangalore time was so much fun. We used to travel all the way to Rattanvilas Road, Basavangudi for the congregation, then off to Jalhali to, then to Gang...
It is because, perhaps, you give yourself less importance every time. You underestimate your own flights over yet-uncharted skies, your own battles which many haven't even thought of that you could have fought and your own experience which is far more deeper than many. The answers will come where questions come from, only if you find and take time for yourself and what you like.
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Thanks. I actually forgot "Carpe diem" from Dead Poet Soceity.
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