Ente Sakadangal... Padam onnu ( My vehicles.. part 1)
Everyone enjoys driving… at least in the younger days. Enjoys the rolling wheels of a cycle… Enjoys the grip on the handle bar… Enjoys the steering wheel … Enjoys controlling a machine….. My passion for driving began at age 5. What’s unusual about it, na?! all boys at this age will cry for a baby cycle. And my ‘passion’ also limited to that! Some 35 years back…. My first cycle was a 3 wheeler, don’t know who brought that for me! Those days in Navakode, probably it was a Ferrari and everyone was on it, except me. I remember the likes Muthuettan riding it and finally had to break. Cycle repair shops used to be a mark of ‘development’ for any localities and Navakode boasted of 2 such shops. One owned by Periya atha and other was by Basha annan. Periya atha ( Father’s elder brother, one can translate) was last word in cycle ‘technology’ and basha annan’s arrival probably threatened his realm. But he was still the Ilayaraja and arrival of Rahman could not dethrone him. For so
