Autorickshaw models @ Art festival

[siddvi]

Got this from our local newspaper. The caption read 'Children arrange models of autorickshaws on the first day of the International Art Festival in Ahmedabad on Friday.'



looks neatly done in wood(?) and pretty big scale too.

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Ok ,just noticed there seems to be no children arranging there?

[Petrolhead]

This looks like an interesting installation.The auto-rickshaw appears to have become quite a favourite among artists who use urban India as their subject matter.Guess we must thank the arty community for making 'em pesky autos rather cool.

[aritrim]

Tuk Tuk...

[Guggga]

I'd love a tee with a Rickshaw print in bright yellow n green on it - done to look like a painting with blurred lines n stuff.

[srinjayray]

Autos should be declared as our national vehicle. Good stuff!!!

[manishalive]

Those Autorickshaws are fab, I love them a lot. And here is the Granddaddy of them in my collection

[winstoncds]

Thats a nice one Manish. Very different from the usual Porsches, Ferraris, Hondas and Yamahas.
I think the rickshaw is the the result of private companies and goverment officials being hand in glove. Which other properly civilized country would allow its citizens to travel in such an unsafe contraption. There is no active or passive safety in this vehicle. What makes it even more worse are the kind of the majority of the people driving it who have utter disregard for life or limb, forget other people's property. Sorry, I don't understand what so artsy about that bunch of rickshaws even. I would rather slap some sense into some rickshaw drivers than glorify this piece of shit.Rant over.

[Guggga]

^^ Looks like another rickshaw messed your ride back home today, did they?

@ Manish: Who makes the ape scale model? What scale is it? Its cool- I want one too

[Petrolhead]

That's a NewRay if I'm not mistaken,Guggga.
Looks really interesting,Manish.Excellent pick!!
I think it is the sheer lunacy of the way they're driven that's turned them into such a hit with the arty bunch.But,like Winston,I'd prefer seeing them parked behind some ropes in a museum or even an art gallery than coming to a sudden halt right in front of my car on a busy road.I hate that they're driven almost exclusively by imbeciles who,so far as my experience in Mumbai goes,won't stop for you at all unless you're a pretty girl or just shake their head in disapproval and drive away if they don't want to go where you do.Also,on our potholed streets,they are about as safe as a bazooka in the hands of a five-year old.

[siddvi]

Manish, your model is lovely! You got quiet a varied collection, Nice.