Identity. A city’s identity emerges from the people who walk the streets the buildings that line its roads and the wheels that roll on them.
Kolkata is unique, for it is defined by the yellow ‘Ambassador’ taxi. Perhaps the only city in the world that carries a brand that’s well past its prime as though it is currency fresh from the mint.
The Amby was first produced in 1959 modelled on the Morris that was then in production in the UK. Since then, it has had a continuous run with at beat a tuck there and new chip here. Truly incredible, wouldn’t you say for this longevity!
India have evolved. And so have its roads and the wheels that ply on them. The Amby giving way, with grace and elegance to the modern and the monstrous. To the fast and furious.
Kolkata, though is home for the Amby. It seems so interwoven into its existence. Often battered and bruised, but then the Amby seems to hug the minds of its residents much more than it cares to hug the roads of the city!
You can change your shirt, alter the shape of your trouser without a second thought. You could stretch your luck and change the government praying hard that it will result in change.
But to change a part of your identity, is a tad tough.
Very tough. Ask Kolkata!
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