“If you want to drive, buy a car,” says Michael Holding. In India, if you want to drive, go play cricket – driving a car is not advisable.

The roads here are ridiculous. Anyone who has travelled more than a few miles will never forget the experience. To put it in a British context, think of the worst driver you know and they’d be King Chauffeur here. The standard technique is Police, Camera, Action – cutting in and out of the traffic, hooting whenever you need to get by, being as close as possible to the car in front, only breaking when absolutely necessary. Then hooting more.

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