#Zanshin_and_Going_Nowhere #Why_I_Ride. I was out yesterday afternoon riding on Shwet-Agni and once I returned home, the odo showed 120 km. I was not visiting a tribal festival, I was not trying an adventure to any La, I was not trying to look for any natural wonder, some unexplored trail or historical monument, nor a cabal […]
The #Olive_Green_Riders today rode to #Sambhar and #Shakambhari lake. A mindblowing landscape of openness, mystery, salt pan, brackish and human faith. The Mata temple was a centre of natural wonder and Rajput faith. The authentic #Marwari_brunch in the house of a very respectable real farmer (who is 40 times richer than me) was also a […]
#Jobner_Fort #OG_Riders #Sunday_Breakfast_Ride. Today, seven Tigers throttled through to Jobner, approx 60 km along the Nagaur axis. The morning highway offers a fly through, the last 2 km though is broken yet unique Paris-like stone paved alleys. One needs to climb the hills on foot approx for 10 minutes to first reach the temple of […]
#দাদা_বৌদি_চ্যাঙা_ব্যাঙা… চারদিনের ছুটি নিয়ে বেরিয়ে পড়েছি… বাহন Xylom… এবারের গন্তব্য – জয়পুর…দিল্লি…ফরিদাবাদ… আলোয়ার… সিলিসারী লেক … সারিস্কা.. জয়পুর। #দাদা_বৌদি_চ্যাঙা_ব্যাঙা #আলোয়ার_সারিস্কা (2).. ছয় ঘণ্টার সাঙ্ঘাতিক ট্র্যাফিকের মধ্যে গাড়ি চালিয়ে রাত প্রায় এগারোটায় ফরিদাবাদ পৌঁছাতে পেরেছি গতকাল… আজকের দিন শুধুই আয়াশী আর আড্ডার প্ল্যান ছোট্টবেলার ইস্কুলের বন্ধু ভাস্করের বাড়িতে.. দুই ফ্যামিলি মিলে।ভারতও স্বাধীন, আমরাও স্বাধীন… বোতল খুলে […]
This Sunday, four of the OLIVE GREEN RIDERS decide to explore a heritage sight in Jaipur, on the immediate vicinity of the Amer Fort … Its a Stepwell popularly known as Panna Meena ki Kund. #Sunday_Ride #Meena_Paana_ki_Kund (1) … First pitstop with a backdrop of the majestic #Amer_Fort…. A mute spectator to the changing times […]
Motorcyle Mood in today’s “Sunday Ride” #রাক্ষস_এবং_খোক্কস Motorcyle Mood in today’s “Sunday Ride” #দারোয়ান ( মনে হচ্ছে যেন বলছি…. “বেশি গাঁড়পেয়াজি মারলে পুরো ডাণ্ডাটা পেছনে পুরে দেব”) Motorcyle Mood in today’s “Sunday Ride” #রঘূডাকাত … রাণী পদ্মিনী যদি দাঁড়াতো ওই জানলায়, আমি বাংলার রঘূডাকাত পাক্কা বাইকে বসিয়ে তাকে নিয়ে পাঁই পাঁই ভাগাতাম.. আর পিছনে দুষ্টু […]
Sunday Breakfast Soloride … To seek the blessings of #Khwaja_Moinuddin_Chisti #Garib_Nawaz #Ajmer_Sharif. 260 km turnaround. #Dada_and_Shwet_Agni … My prayers will be for ALL BIKERS Ajmer Sharif Dargah, Ajmer Dargah, Ajmer Sharif or Dargah Sharif is a sufi shrine (dargah) of the revered sufi saint, Moinuddin Chishti, located at Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. The shrine has Chisti’s […]
Which is the Largest Saltwater Inland lake in India, fed by 5 rivers?? Which lake produces 9% of India’s total salt requirements?? Which lake is the Wintering area of 10,000 pink flamingos and other birds from Siberia and North Asia ??. Which place was the home of Asur-Guru Sukracharya and venue of marriage of his […]
#Dada_Boudi #Chyanga_Banga aka #Banjo_Family onboard our old faithful #Xylom finally leaves Bengal on a #Roadtrip. #Jaipur_Calling… Lets paint Pink Goodbye Bengal, will be back soon …. At VARANASI, night halt. Lots of photos by Khushi and Bullet. The happiness is that the kiddos have learnt to seek out beauty and happiness from the rather mundane, […]
Today, I ride out one of the Biggest and most famous of Stepwells in India, the Chand baori, also called the Abhaneri Stepwells. The Chand Baori is a stepwell built over a thousand years ago in the Abhaneri village of Rajasthan. It is one of the largest stepwells in the world and also one of […]