NEW DELHI (AP) - It was a purchase to be remembered.

There was the years-long waiting list to buy it and the jealous stares once you finally got it home. There was the pride of that first ride when, weaving through the streets, you knew that you'd finally — finally! — made it to the middle class.

Outwardly it was just a scooter, a spluttering two-stroke Indian-made Bajaj with three gears. All too often, it came painted a sickly avocado-green.

But in a time of empty shops and a hobbled economy, it was success. To read the rest of the article: http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D9EEGHOO0