To the Lighthouse

A few days back, on a beautiful Sunday morning, my classmate, N, and I, decided to take a road trip to Daman in the well-engineered, luxe SUV, the Audi Q3, and boy, were we in for a pleasant surprise! Since we had already driven to Diu last year, Daman, which lies between Silvasa and Surat, became this year’s obvious choice. Our drive to Daman, the administrative capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, turned out to be one of the best day trips we had taken, and not merely on account of Daman being a place of immense historical interest, but also because the powertrain on the Q3 made it a real mile-chomper, making the 300+ km drive from Thane to Daman and back on the fabulous NH48 so much fun! N, the “Masterchef” of our class, had offered to bring along a picnic hamper so that not only could we could devour the delicacies en route, but could also sit down somewhere on the beach in Daman and enjoy the lavish spread. However, I politely declined. Not only did I not want the clean and classy cabin of the Q3 which still had that faint, lingering “new