2011 came with­out much warn­ing. I breezed through 2010. A lot of travel and work kept me busy and off the blog! The “project” I much wanted to launch didn’t see light of day (at least for­mally). But then, that’s life, I dis­cov­ered. Most things you have on your “to do” list don’t get done […]

The launch of the Ban­ga­lore Brevets ride will hap­pen on Sun­day, Decem­ber 5. This is a launch ride for a series of brevet rides that will be held in the city next year as qual­i­fiers to the pres­ti­gious Paris-Brest-Paris event.

I still remem­ber the show we watched dur­ing a trip to Ker­ala last year. It was at Thekkady, while we were out explor­ing, when we saw a sign say­ing adver­tis­ing a Kalari per­for­mance in the evening. We decided to ven­ture in. Kalar­i­pay­attu is derived from the words Kalari — which means “place, thresh­ing floor, or […]

Over 400 kms on some of the worst roads (and no roads in some places) but the most beau­ti­ful coun­try­side. Man­ali to Leh on cycle span­ning 10 days and many many breath­less moments (both because of the alti­tude and the sight of the mighty Himalayan ranges!). The jour­ney took us through lush ever­green forests, green […]

It’s been a while since I headed North. A few years in fact. I still have some vivid mem­o­ries ski­ing down the lovely while slopes of Auli. And roam­ing around the gal­lis of Dhara­masala in search of the per­fect momo and of course vis­it­ing the Indian abode of HH The Dalai Lama. It’s time to go […]

4 motor­bikes 5 mus­ke­teers Gen­er­ous doses of rain Dol­lops of deli­cious food Loads of scenic routes and trails Plate­fuls of hot bha­jjiya A few bot­tles of Coorg wine to taste And 1 place to Linger around Mix all of them and shake gen­er­ously. And voila — you get a per­fect mon­soon weekend!

In Delhi, I met a lady called Anita, who had sold her car around 10 years ago and now cycles around instead. She told me that with her work­place and home not too far from each other, she man­ages on two wheels most of the time. And this too, in Delhi! She said some­thing else that […]

Flickr users in Ban­ga­lore, do come by the Lalit Ashok tomor­row! The sec­ond in the series of Hello India events in India is going to be held on April 21. The event is from 7–11 pm and details are also on Upcom­ing. Like any Yahoo! event, this promises to be an inter­est­ing and fun evening that […]