IN SEARCH LUGU_BURU. I get a free weekend from today as my wife and kids take a Durga-Pooja shopping holiday to Kolkata. Me, without wanting to waste the weekend decide to explore ONE OF THE OLDEST AND HOLIEST OF HOLY PLACES OF WORSHIP IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, much older than Ajodhya, Jerusalem or Mecca. […]
Nowadays, I don’t search for history, rather History (and dilapidated buildings) searches me out. Today’s boring evening, as I rode out on “Faith” and landed up inconspicuously at the Bardhaman Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital.
PART 1 : PLANNING AND ROUTE. On 10 September 2017 (Sunday), I decide to explore the district of Hoogly in some details with my sight set at a quaint little village called Sukharia. Enroute, I intend to explore two more small towns, Memari and Pandua. The quaint little village of Sukharia, located next to the […]
Part 1 On 03 September, Sunday, I decide to explore “Gongoni Garbeta”, the Grand canyon of Bengal. Part 2: The Journey Part 3: Gongoni … The Canyon. Bokasur er Gooha (Bakasur’s cave), the place where the ill famed Asoor (maybe some innocent big Santhal) used to hide and eat the villagers’ food … Till […]
The “Bikers Code” is something that is often quoted, but least understood in the truest sense of the context. I tried talking to quite a few old motorcyclists to try and find out, what exactly is it. It more or less confirms to what is written below. Please note, that this code is NOT written […]
Few decades back, people would just begin to build a house, or plan a foreign vacation or buy a big car around the time they turned forty. This has now galloped backwards to the twenties. You are done and dusted with all these pretty early. The result: you are twiddling your thumbs at forty. It […]
গিন্নি কর্মসূত্রে গেছেন দিল্লি দিন পনেরোর জন্যে, অতয়েব ছানাপোনাদের ব্রেকফাস্ট, লাঞ্চ, ডিনার, পড়াশোনার গুরুদায়িত্ব এই শর্মার জিম্মায় | সকাল বেলা মুরগি, রাত্তিরে চাওমিন , আর তারই মধ্যে তৃতীয় ভাষা বাংলায় কচিকাঁচাদের ওস্তাদ করে তোলার চাপে দাদা নাজেহাল| এরই মাঝে হটাৎ এসে পড়লো ..পড়ে পাওয়া রোববার, প্রত্যেকবারের মতোই সকাল সাড়ে চারটাতে উঠে পড়েছি একটু মোটরসাইকেল নিয়ে […]
VIRTUAL MOTORCYCLIST (some random thoughts) … As I go out for my regular evening or Sunday morning Motorcycle rides around my place of stay, I almost always notice a breed of young Motorcyclists … On the road or roadside, making strange poses and faces, and another dude clicking photos on a mobile. I had the […]
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 […]