Wipers at work

The monsoons are finally here. For me it’s one of the nicest times to be in a car. Not only because you stay dry, but also because your get to use the wipers. When it drizzles on intermittent setting. When it rains more on normal speed and when it pours on the fast speed.

Wipers have fascinated me for the longest time. My earliest memory that is still so vividly etched in my mind is a journey in really heavy rain from Madras to the temple town of Tirupati. My mother had rented a 1960’s Mercedes-Benz W111 that was given out mainly for…