Kishore Bhimani,

cricket commentator/ author/journalist

nMy first car ever was a little blue Fiat that I bought in the early 70s. I’d just found my foothold in the world of journalism and the car was bought in celebration of it. It was a quaint old thing I used to think the world of ? strictly no-frills, non-AC, gear on the steering. I used to drive myself in and out of scrapes in that car, incidents we still recall with a lot of laughter.

I remember a window being ransacked by East Bengal supporters after they lost roundly to Mohun Bagan. I was taken into the tents by a club official, profusely apologised to and given the mandatory tea and biscuits. Another time, a friend and I picked up a very sick young man from the Park Circus streets to take him to SSKM, both feeling we’d arrived as journalists ? morally speaking. In ‘79, I upgraded to my second car ? an Ambassador Isuzu, with an AC this time. But I still have many pleasant memories of my very first car.