Horn or Headlights?

Dawn in the background – not happy

 

Nov. 10 – We already noted the craziness of India roads but until we arrived in Delhi, we made a point of not driving any distances at night.  Well, we made our first night drive last night to see my friend Ram Seethapalli, who I used to work with at Cendant in NYC, and his wide Ajita.  We hired a taxi and as we pulled out of the hotel, I noticed there were no dash lights…no head lights and said something to Brad who didn’t seem concerned… so I asked the driver to turn on his headlights…well not so easy. He had to pull to the side of the road and change fuses until he got the lights to work.  After we got started we quickly realized the driver’s horn didn’t work. Not a big deal in most places, but in India people honk for everything.  It’s almost used as a rearview mirror.  If you don’t honk, people don’t know you’re there.  So we drove about 45 minutes to Ram and Ajita’s home without a horn.  One the drive, I said I’d rather have headlights…Brad wanted a horn so the first thing he asked Ram and Ajita when he arrived is what they’d prefer and they overwhelmingly said HORN.  Too funny!

 

p.s. – thanks again to Ram and Ajita for a lovely evening.  And, stay tuned for information about Ram’s new Indian venture.