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teen tonic You PICK OF THE WEEK

helmet. I’m looking forward to

Wheels on fire
buying a Honda Active or Dio
very soon,” she says.
Reminiscing her first ride to
college, she says, “I left early
and couldn’t contain my
excitement when I reached col-
lege! During the break, my
pals came down to the parking
area to see my scooter. After a
few days, I took each one of
them on my bike!” she says.
For 19-year-old Kapil R, a
150 cc Yamaha FZ is the first
bike he rode to college. “My
parents bought it for me when
I turned 18. I had to try hard to
convince them, but it was
worth the struggle,” he quips.
A TVS
Apache 160
was the first
bike Piyush N,
TVS Apache
a second year ow this is one video

Haven’t you your first car to college can be

a thrilling experience.
always dreamt of For Geetika Sood, a third-
year communication studies
having a vehicle student from Mount Carmel
of your own? College, her first vehicle was a
second-hand bike which was
Youngsters share used by her sister earlier. “It’s
a Scooty Pep Plus and I used
their experiences to ride it when I was in my
of their first ever second semester. Later, I
switched over to a car (Maruti
bike/car Alto) as it is much safer and
easier to drive when it rains,”
says Geetika.
Travelling by auto rick-
shaws during her
IKYATHA YERASALA first semester
DECCAN CHRONICLE burnt a hole in
her pocket.
friends can car pool too! “It’s
exciting to take all my friends
in my car — all of us can be
together. We dutch for parking
fees and petrol,” adds Geetika.
Eighteen-year-old Madhuri
NC, a B.Com student rides a
Scooty Pep to college every-
day. “I pick up my friend on
the way and we head to col-
lege together. Riding a scooter
is very exciting and I love rid-
ing in the rain. But I always
make sure that I wear a
BBM student,
rode to col-
lege. “One of
N you just can’t miss!
Type Zor Ka Jhatka
on YouTube and check out
my friends has the latest song from the
the same bike. Aishwarya Rai-Akshay
I rode his bike Geetika Kumar starrer Action
and realised Replayy. This typical
that this is Bollywood ishtyle number
what I wanted. is peppy and totally retro.
All my friends The video has been gar-
had bikes and nering a lot of views all
I wanted one over the Internet. DJs just
too. I tried can’t stop spinning this
convincing my track at parties! Crooned
parents to buy by Daler Mehndi and Richa
me the bike Piyush Sharma, this is one addic-
but they didn’t tive number that will take a
agree. But after a month, they long while to get out of
bought it for me,” he your head. Don’t miss Akki
says, adding, “The and Ash in true 70s style
first time I rode avatars!

Y
ou’ve travelled all Buses too it, it felt like
your life by a school didn’t work 160 cc of raw
bus or public trans- for her as power. It’s
port that doesn’t give changing amazing to
you the joy of being behind two buses ride such a
the wheels. But as you enter and walking machine
college and reach the ‘right’ to the bus and have
age, you get to own that vehi- stand was so much
cle you’ve always dreamt of. time consum- power in
Well, there are those who have ing. So get- your hand.”
to make-do with second-hand ting a car was
bikes/ cars! Nevertheless, rid- the best solution Maruti Alto
ing your first bike or driving and she and her

Of tattoos and sneakers

BANI J, MTV VJ Q If you weren’t a VJ, Q Dark chocolate or white
Q A VJ that you adore:
VJ Andy (of Channel V)
and VJ Jose.

Q The tattoo that means

which profession would chocolate? the most to you (out of the
he is the girl with the you be in? White. many you have got).

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FIRE

funkiest haircuts and I guess I would be an Each and every one of

the kewlest tattoos.
Tomboy, music lover, travel
junkie, foodie – MTV VJ
Bani is so many things put
together! We caught this
fun-loving babe for a round
of ‘Rapid Fire.’
Rapid
artist.
Q The movie that best
describes your life:
The Truman Show! It has
to do with the illusion of
reality.
Q If you were a song,
which one would it be?
I would say, All the
above.
Q Sneakers or stilettos?
I would choose sneakers.
Any day!
them!
Q If you had to cover
news for a day, what top-
ics would you pick?
Pop culture, I guess. I
would look at everything that
is related to the youth.

Q Your all-time favourite Q Who according to you Politics and international

movies: is the sexiest Indian Q Your favourite interna- affairs would also be inter-
Closer and Magnolia. I am actress alive? tional actress: esting.
attracted to films that I feel that a girl can either Meryl Streep. I loved her
are out-of-the- be ‘sexy’ or an ‘actress.’ But in Julie and Julia As told to
ordinary. not both. especially. Priyanka Haldipur