Some Funny And Heartwarming Personal Motorcycling Snippets 1. Once over a cup of tea, an octagenerian chachaji seriously advised me … “Bachhe, umar kam hai, ye sab motorcycle waikel chhoro, ghar jaake aur char bachhe paida karo, kheti mein kaam ayenge” … I was like … Yeah … Biwi ko bolta hoon .. ghar se […]
#PADDY_VIKRAM, the grand old 2 stroke motorcycle, carrying the legacy of two fallen brothers will go with me to the #Distingished_Gentlemans_Ride (#DGR). I had spotted a dilapidated Rajdoot Excel T Motorcycle in a junkyard and had picked her up for literally pittance. I was looking to do something to commemorate the sacrifices of two of […]
I tried a new method of Storytelling, for the first time … In the form of a VIDEO with My PICS, My WORDS and some MUSIC, showcasing #TheBandOfBrothers latest Motorcycle journey to KINNAUR – LAHAUL – SPITI. I think I won’t disappoint you. (Please see on full-screen and if possible with a headphone for full […]
With the Summer gathering heat, all motorcyclists must be looking towards the mountains for 2017, and busy packing their (saddle)bags. The tough question often becomes, what to pack / carry and what to leave out. I thought I shall try and make a comprehensive check-list for the use of all motorcyclists ; again its NOTHING […]
We start the journey on this gastronomic route early in the morning from home in Panagarh and includes the plan to drop our children Khushi and Bullet to their Grandparents in Kolkata while we continue with our motorcycle sojourn. The intention was to cover 3 districts today; BARDHAMAN, HUGLY and HAORA. As usual, NH2 was […]
The road hungry Motorcycles can’t sit still for a day, so this afternoon, I had set out for Garh Jungle, within the Ramnabagan Wildlife Sanctuary, situated on the Eastern end of Durgapur, in search of THE OLDEST SURVIVING REMAINS OF DURGAPUJA ever carried out in India, and attaboy, I was welcome surprised. Jewels remain hidden […]
On a lazy afternoon, I had taken out my motorcycle and was on my way of just enjoying some jungle roads … made friends with a few children enroute who directed me to PANDU RAJAR DHIBI, one of the most interesting archeological sites of Bengal. This is located in Village Panduk, Ausgram II Block in […]
A few months ago, on a trip to Sicily, I made a decision: no more social media. No Facebook, no Twitter, no Instagram, no blogs.I would go social-media-free for one week, getting back to the essence of travel, eschewing the urge to share things in favour of actually doing things. I deleted the Twitter app […]
This Sunday, along with a few close friends associated with our Motorcyclist Social Initiative DINER BELAY HEADLIGHT, we decided to ride to the destination of PANCHET dam and the ancient ruins of GARHPANCHKOTE. Its about a 248 km turnaround from my home; enough for a Sunday morning ride. There were total of four of us […]
This Sunday, me and our friend Sarabjit decided to stretch our limits a bit further than the usual and reach Ajodhya Hills, Baghmundi and Muruguma Lake in Puriliya district. In Purulia we were joined by another excellent rider Gopal Garai dada from Puruliya onwards. It’s a total of 480 km turnaround distance for us. We […]