Humara Bajaj

Bajaj Scooters have been synonymous will transportation in India. One of my early memories are of the Bajaj ads with a Saradarji riding the scooter with his kids. I feel extreme nostalgia after hearing the news that Bajaj motors would stop production of scooters. I remember being a pillion rider on many variants of the Bajaj scooters, Super, Chetak and what not. I never actually rode one, because before I was above legal driving scooters went out of vogue but just thinking about them brings back fond memories. Those rides with the wind in the hair and a light in my spirit.

For generations, people referred to scooters as Bajaj. At its peak they were the symbol of ultimate acquisition. People would wait 6 months to an year for a Bajaj scooter, sometimes paying twice the market price to jump the queue. More often than not, prospective In-laws would ask the bride's family for a "Bajaj" in dowry. Many a girls would have fallen to the charms of the Oh-so-handsome guy who rode the Bajaj. They provided the perfect means of transportation for an average family, 2 adults and 3 minors. Men cared more about their Bajaj scooters than they care about their shiny cars. Learning how to ride them granted boys passage into manhood, and of course the title of the random errand guy around the house.