Competition

~By Tarquin. I'm starting a competition. Anyone who can better this picture and capture more than four people on the back of a motorbike, scooter or bicycle in Indian traffic by the end of May 2007 gets a free paan plus a signed copy of one of my books. I'm sure many of you have seen more than four people (plus animals) on the back of a motorbike, scooter or bicycle, but the trick if to capture them on film - or disk.
    I passed these people yesterday in New Delhi. I count four.  See if you can better that!

Here's another. I count four, but I think the woman
at the back was holding a baby.

And no carts don't count!!

Comments

[Deana]

Hello from Colorado, USA. I just finished reading Salaam Brick Lane, and just wanted to let you both kow how much I enjoyed your story. I picked the book up on a whim while shopping at a bookstore in London. I got so involved with all of the different characters you wrote of. It was full of history and information I would read aloud to anyone who would listen to me. I read the story of your friends who killed the goose in the park at our Christmas dinner. I thought it was a perfect story of how we all should treat eachother...not the goose killing part...but when he shared the leftovers with the tramp afterwards.

It was a book I wished hadn't ended, but as I looked online for more of your books was happy to find your webpage and then this blog. I've been reading for a while, but wanted to say hello properly and tell you I really loved your writing styles. I especially loved the entries from Afghanistan.

Regards,
Deana

[witnwisdumb]

You'll have to give me many books. Since you included 'scooter' on the list... I often see five people riding on a scooter. And I recall on occasion I'd seen six people on a moped. Drats. If only I'd taken pictures.

[itchingtowrite]

saw one with 5 people- 3 kids
immdtly drafted a post but cud not e ven find a pic that depictd the scene