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 […]
This time I was headed to the Champainagar, the famous SHIV GAJAN mela, one that is famed to have been started by Chand Saudagar of The Shivapuran / Manasamangal fame. My call for the place was not much because of any Religious interest, rather, I had heard the rumour that the BIGGEST LYANGCHA (Bengali sweet […]
To fuel my Wanderlust, I had teamed with a Group of Close friends in Durgapur to Ride our motorcycles to the Hills of Susuniya, a popular tourist destination in these parts of Bengal. But, it is upto a traveler, what he wants to see, and our visit was also an eye-opener for us. How To […]
A working professional can’t ride to Kaza or Spiti on a daily basis, so what does he do to fuel the fire of wanderlust ? I decided to “Discover Bengal in Two Wheels” . This time I had decided to ride to the Tomb of Sher Afghan and Qutubbuddin Khan Koka in Bardhaman district. Both […]