The rickety and ubiquitous goods-carrying vehicle of my childhood in Calcutta of the 60s and the 70s is known in India as the Tempo. Although the name ‘Tempo’ instantly conjures up this shaky and dusty three-wheeler in the minds of older Indians, it was actually a trademarked term used to refer to the German automobile company Vidal  & Sohn Tempo-Werke. Famous for producing Matador and Hanseat, Tempo joined hands with the Indian company Bajaj Tempo Motors that later became Force Motors to produce these vans.

Another three-wheeler goods vehicle, the Bajaj Maxima C…drawn with a Pilot V7 Hi-Tecpoint pen filled with Rotring Isograph ink …

Sketch of yet another three-wheeled light commercial vehicle offered in numerous body configurations to serve a wide range of utilitarian functions. Such vehicles are produced in India by Piaggio and Bajaj Auto.

An old TATA truck…

Line and wash sketch of a tank truck or a fuel truck…

A loaded truck…

At a truck terminal…

…hits Bengal — AMPHAN leaves trail of death and destruction across six districts…

Over 300 trees were uprooted in the city of Kolkata. Cars and buses were crushed under falling trees…

The mangled remains of a taxi as an uprooted tree fell on it…

An electrician belonging to the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation trying to repair an electric pole. The cyclone caused power outages in many parts of the city…

At the auto-rickshaw stand…auto-rickshaws waiting for passengers…

Empty auto-rickshaws….

Still waiting…

So you sit by the roadside and wash your face with a mug of water…

A schoolgirl quenches her thirst from a roadside water pipe while her brother waits for his turn…

…and more of ‘No Tap Water’…

Sketching tools: Pencil, black gel pen and water colour