Rupert Grey, great-grandson of former British Prime Minister Earl
Grey, has brought his 1936 Rolls Royce to Dhaka, for the Chobi Mela VII.
Rupert -- a lawyer with a passion for photography -- is attending the
festival. The antique car had travelled through the Rajasthan deserts,
gone along the foothills of the Himalayas, came down the Brahmaputra to
Bangladesh, but was stopped at the Tamabil border, where it was denied
entry.
The traditional method of temporary entry for cars, the
carnet, had been stopped in Bangladesh. After a long and protracted
process and with help from different quarters, the car finally made its
way into Bangladesh, only to be stopped en route to Dhaka again because
of a petrol strike.
The car finally arrived in Dhaka on Thursday, and is joining the “Chobi Mela” rally in front of the National Museum today.
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