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Here are five reasons why we in India don’t need lanes:
5. Money can be put to good use: Since India is a developing country, instead of wasting money on such trivial issues as road safety, we should use them to send delegations of bureaucrats and politicians to foreign countries to find out what we can [...]
April 7th, 2007 | Posted in Biking Philosophies, Cynicism Unlimited, Motorcycles, four wheels, rants, two wheels | No Comments
Potholes, some thing all of us in India are oh so familiar with. We complain about them, we curse them and we curse our government for not fixing them.
But have you ever wondered how beneficial these potholes really are?
They are part of our heritage and culture and have come to symbolize Indian roads. Curse them [...]
March 12th, 2007 | Posted in Cynicism Unlimited, rants | No Comments
Few days back Manik and I had the esteemed privilege of meeting world’s best tourer and it happened out of the blue when we least expected it.
Location: Bagga Link (Authorized Bajaj Service Center) Karol Bagh, New Delhi
Time: Sunny afternoon
Date: 1st of December, 2006
Characters:
Manik Mittal: 1 time ladakh veteran
Yogesh Sarkar: 2 time ladakh veteran [...]
December 21st, 2006 | Posted in Motorcycles, Touring Philosophies, rants, touring, two wheels | 6 Comments
It looks like my previous article “Stunters a nuisance on road” has created quite a stir and sadly it has been labeled by some as my attempt to get back on a few people that were a part of life a year or so back. While that was never the intent of that article and [...]
December 15th, 2006 | Posted in Biking Philosophies, Motorcycles, Uncategorized, rants, two wheels | 7 Comments
How many times have you been peacefully cruising in your lane, enjoying the sunny day only to be rudely disturbed by constant sound of a nincompoop playing symphony using their vehicles horn?
It seems some people love their horns and think they are musicians in a concert performing in front of a crowd of millions. [...]
December 5th, 2006 | Posted in Biking Philosophies, Motorcycles, four wheels, rants, two wheels | 3 Comments