APARAJITA AUDDY, actress

My first car was a cherry red Maruti Omni that I bought back in 1998. And I was absolutely in love with it. I remember as a kid, I used to play with little red buses with my father. He passed away in 1994 and a few years later, when I could afford to buy a car, I bought an Omni that resembled those toy buses I used to play with. I loved driving that car. After a bad accident on the second Hooghly bridge, I gave up driving, but I didn’t let the car go. Also, I get slightly claustrophobic in small cars. In keeping with my personality, I need a large amount of space to be comfortable in. The Omni was good with that. But I eventually had to let it go after a few years. Now I have a comfortable Maruti Versa that’s good for all my needs, but somehow I still feel I used to have a greater emotional attachment with my beloved Omni.