Pralaynath GendaSwami is Here!

Original Mr Pralaynath From Tiranga

If you don’t know who is Mr Pralaynath , you obviously live on Mars! Pralaynath is (or rather was, before being killed by Brigadier Suryadev Singh and Inspector Wagle) the iconic villain from the Movie “Tiranga” starring Nana Patekar and Rajkumar.

Now coming to the point - Why is “Pralaynath GendaSwami  here”?

Well, Pralaynath is the name of my new motorcycle. It is the iconic Triumph – Bonneville.  The motorcycle that comes from England with a “Made in England” tag(not UK).

When my wife (who is oblivious to Bollywood except for Mr Shahrukh kan) saw my post on Facebook about Pralaynath, her detective mind couldn’t help but asking me “Who is this pralaynath?”

She was shocked to know that he is the villain in a Movie - Why name your bike after a villain? Don’t you like your bike?

Triumph 2012

Well, I love my bike, that’s why I named it Pralaynath GendaSwami. The name has many literal and figurative meanings. Let’s come to literal meaning. Pralaynath comes from ancient Sanskrit word “Pralay” means destruction, danger, tornados and everything with negative connotation. Genda is the, almost extinct, horny animal, Rhinoceros. And Swami is the name of a boy that used to stay above my house. He used to eat a lot. It’s a tribute to him. And above everything Pralaynath rhymes with Aadinath. Why wouldn’t I name my bike Pralaynath GendaSwami  - PNG for short (should sound cool right- I am in California)? My wife, still not convinced of the explanation, goes on with her life suspecting a massive fraud in naming my bike.

My 2nd Love

 

 

Coming to Specs of the bike:

 

It is just 100 cc lesser than 1 Ltr Coke.

Air cooled or Leg burned engine. My lower half has become dark because of the heat and burns (not that upper half is very fair)

4 gallon gas should take me around 200 miles.

Has around 70 horses, grunting the time u start the bike

Here it is

 

Compare this to Dhanno: Yamaha YBX

Engine is just above 100CC

My baby never burnt me.

It has 12 horses jumping up and down.

 

Dhanno was a nice dame. She never complained except puncturing at every corner in the city of Pune. Initially it was so frequent that I was well known to all puncture guys. I grew up on that bike. I remember I had to fight with my dad to get a Yamaha YBX 125, cause it was YAMAHA (even though it was “Fake” as - only 2-strokes were classic not 4-strokes). My dad was opposed to that because it has higher horse power (12hp) and lower mileage (51km/l) over Hero Honda Splendor (8hp and 67 Km/l). Now he would surely faint at Mr. PNG’s mileage (16 km/l). Dhanno gave me the freedom that I wanted. It was not an object of luxury like PNG but an object of need.

It is what made me spend my pocket money of Rs.500 on ever expensive petrol. It is what made me go Mahabaleshwar in rains (a hill station 150kms north of Pune) bunking my college and even office at times. It shared my joys, my pains, my heart breaks, my crushes, my friends everything.  I still cannot believe that it was (or rather is) with me for last 12 years.

 

 I am sure Dhanno is waiting for me. See you soon……But for Now...