India, Sept. 23 -- With this onslaught of ridicule on the poor Finance Minister's reasons for the automobile industry slowdown, I decided to come to her rescue and do my own detailed study on why less cars are being bought.

The first person I met was a car thief, "This automobile slowdown has hit me badly," he murmured angrily, "This is the first time I could not take my family to Greece or South America for a holiday, and had to settle for Goa! Do you know what a loss of prestige it is when a car thief settles for a holiday in his own country?"

"No!" I said and hurried away as he stared with interest at my old cycle. I cycled in a frenzy and reached a crowd who were taking shelter from the rain under a bridge, "Why don't you purchase car...