Earth File

Love them or loathe them, but you just cant ignore them.Nope, I am not talking about the Himesh Reshamiyas of the world, but a tiny yet ferocious automobile called Autorikshaws.Which are also popularly known as Rick,Auto,Rickshaw,Tuk Tuk, etc in different parts of the subcontinent.

It will be incomplete if I don't mention the creativity of auto drivers, especially when my objective of writing this post is to emphasise and compile some of the interesting slogans on the auto rickshaws around.Since my childhood days, I have been enchanted by the ‘creative’, ‘emotional’, ‘funny’, ‘meaningless’ writings on the back of rickshaws on the Indian subcontinent. Thanks to those creative auto drivers. This unique art can be called as “AUTORATURE” (Auto+Literature), off course, term coined by me!
I feel this wonderful art work is ceasing to exist in some parts of the country. You can blame it either on authorities for restricting auto drivers from writing anything on the canopy or blame it on the greedy marketers like me who are trying to covert every bit of visible property as an advertising space in the name of ambient media.

I have compiled some of the slogans/writings I have found on the Autorickshaws in Bangalore and have also tried to give a rough translation of the same as most of them are in Kannada. I have also put in my comments in red.

• The new Indian. – (What’s your status? Old Indian or New Indian).
• Preethiyannu konda kolegaathi - Murderess who killed Love (Poor Devdas :( ).
• God is doing but somewhat wait – (Hey Shakespeare, can you can you come alive and explain this to us?).
• Dhoom 4 – (Ahead of yashRaj movies.But where is Dhoom 3??).
• Love is a sweet poison – (Thank god I am not diabetic).
• Trust a snake but not a woman – (Can we trust female snakes?).
• Don’t vary be happi – (Hey techies around, can you invent auto spell check in PAINT BRUSH too?).
• Duniya duddina mele preethi bhoomi mele - World rests on money yet love stays on earth.
• Thandeya nenapu, thaayiya aashirvaada – Dad’s memory, mother’s blessings.
• Small family, happy family – (how many small families do you have??Be specific).
• Don't pollute the air - (only autorckshaws are entitled to do so).
• Nagu yellarigagi, hrudaya obbaligagi - Smile for everyone, heart for only one (I believe he is yet to find his first love).
• Nothing can change my love for you - (Are you sure?).
• Mandyada gooli - The bull from Mandya (Beware..It can attack on any color)
• Manja SSLC, Mahesha P.U.C - (Ooops...higly educated family!)
• Masthigu kusthigu ready - Ready for both fun and fight (Local Munnabhai??)