Sunil Gangopadhyay

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The very first vehicle that I owned was a Morris Minor, a foreign car which I bought second-hand from a friend. It was jet-black in colour and quite small, so much so that it looked like an ant, especially when most of the other cars on the roads were large, cumbersome Ambassadors. Even then, I loved my old Morris Minor and have innumerable memories associated with it. The only problem was that being a foreign marque, repairing it when the need arose used to be rather troublesome. It was really difficult getting the same parts and even if we managed to find them, they used to cost a lot more. My wife used to get really frustrated with the state of affairs and one day, when the car had developed some problem yet again, she asked some people if they?d like to purchase it. One person did agree and that?s how the car got sold. I was out of town then and needless to say, was quite angry to hear what had happened when I returned. Since then, I?ve owned an Ambassador, a Maruti Zen and now I have a Hyundai Santro, yet I can never really forget my good old Morris Minor.