Being the philosopher traveller that I claim to be, I was toying around with an idea for a while, which came true this weekend.
On New Year's Eve 2013, one drunk fellow (Its not that I hadnt been drinking...but he was more drunk than me...believe me) hit my car badly. And that dent has been on my car for a while now. There were a few more visible dents from my earlier mistakes while parking.
I was lazy that I didnt have the energy to leave my car with the denting guy...until some of my female friends pointed it out and I thought seriously about getting it repaired. I could still not break the inertia.
One fine day, the philosopher in me started to philosophize as I looked at the new year dent. I started comparing dents to experiences in life. Being the pucca philosopher, I realised whatever I am is because of the dents or experiences I have had in life. And they are memorable.
I thought of putting memory tags on my car giving out the details of the dent: where was it dented? when was it dented? how was it dented?. How interesting would it be to point out the dents with an arrow and then giving out the details as sticker tags. I loved the idea.
Started sharing it with my French Classmates and one freaky lady (Nupur to be exact) gave me the tagline "Every Dent is a Memory". Another dastangoi friend, (Ankit to be exact) after laughing it off, finally gave me ideas of monetising it as well, by patenting the idea. I was sharing with him, that repairing a dent on a car is a resource wastage, with so much of labour and other materials going it it. We were sharing the sustainability leanings of the idea, when he shared that even paint has harmful chemicals and we are saving out on polluting a little less with the paint. Did we actually hit on Sustainable Car Design. Hmmmm....
I was excited but I slept over it for over 3 months. But finally this weekend it happened.
Ab Buss Musafir Travels Private Limited ka thappa lagana baki hai.
Here is the beauty...My Ford Figo. It is Figo indeed.
On New Year's Eve 2013, one drunk fellow (Its not that I hadnt been drinking...but he was more drunk than me...believe me) hit my car badly. And that dent has been on my car for a while now. There were a few more visible dents from my earlier mistakes while parking.
I was lazy that I didnt have the energy to leave my car with the denting guy...until some of my female friends pointed it out and I thought seriously about getting it repaired. I could still not break the inertia.
One fine day, the philosopher in me started to philosophize as I looked at the new year dent. I started comparing dents to experiences in life. Being the pucca philosopher, I realised whatever I am is because of the dents or experiences I have had in life. And they are memorable.
I thought of putting memory tags on my car giving out the details of the dent: where was it dented? when was it dented? how was it dented?. How interesting would it be to point out the dents with an arrow and then giving out the details as sticker tags. I loved the idea.
Started sharing it with my French Classmates and one freaky lady (Nupur to be exact) gave me the tagline "Every Dent is a Memory". Another dastangoi friend, (Ankit to be exact) after laughing it off, finally gave me ideas of monetising it as well, by patenting the idea. I was sharing with him, that repairing a dent on a car is a resource wastage, with so much of labour and other materials going it it. We were sharing the sustainability leanings of the idea, when he shared that even paint has harmful chemicals and we are saving out on polluting a little less with the paint. Did we actually hit on Sustainable Car Design. Hmmmm....
I was excited but I slept over it for over 3 months. But finally this weekend it happened.
Ab Buss Musafir Travels Private Limited ka thappa lagana baki hai.
Here is the beauty...My Ford Figo. It is Figo indeed.
You should also indicate who were with you when the dent occurred
ReplyDeleteGood Idea. can be done
Deletevery interesting idea .....hope you make lots of money from it
ReplyDeleteIts not a money making proposition at the moment. Thanks
DeleteBhai whr is ur charn ????? Muje touch krke aashirwaad lena hai ��
ReplyDeleteOnly n only u can do tis ������
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