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  • Pili Yesa: Pictorial @ Tulunadu

    Pili Yesa (Tulu) or Huli vesha (Kannada) is a Tulunadu folk dance. It is performed mainly during Krishna Janmashtami. Today we had a troupe visit my apartment building and I had a great photo opportunity.…
  • A day drive to Bisle Ghat

    The road was surrounded with coffee estates on both sides and the smell of coffee plantation around was enough to stimulate us on that hot summer day. Even though the roads were good, I did not get…
  • To the Silver Valley, Theni

    Nilgiris Langurs were all over the place. Jumping across trees and making a racket. We just prayed they weren't warning us of predators nearby! After our hunger was sated, we rested a while and…
  • Driving a Lamborghini & Ferrari

    Come 2019, the gift voucher was going to expire, but could be extended for a further two years. This was it for me - I had made my decision that it HAD to happen this year. While in conversation with…
  • Bangalore - Mysore on an Ather!

    Naturally when we purchased the Ather, some of my cousins jokingly told “What? with this range, you can’t even come from Bangalore to Mysore” This travelogue of mine is dedicated to them.…
  • Trekking on the Hampta Pass

    Mountains have a way of dealing with overconfidence or underestimation. I understood this right after my first encounter with Himalayan trek. Apart from sun burned earlobes and neck (because of lack…
  • Pics: Delhi-NCR Breakfast Meet

    Here is the list of people who made it for the meet: sinharishi/Grey S-Cross blacklist/Duster Hocuspocus and brother/Linea sunejarahul/Silver S-Cross V&V Khoj/BMW 525i AgamBhandari/GT TSI Lego28/Innova…
  • Kolkata BHPians drive to Spiti

    With some of us spending multiples of the trip budget and others a considerable chunk of it even before the trip started, we finally proclaimed ourselves "ready" just in time. I start our story with…
  • Namibia in a Toyota Hilux

    Its a journey of 2883kms road trip in Namibia, southwest Africa, with a Toyota Hilux, and 4 friends for 10 days. Plan of a road trip in Africa with camping, cooking and off-roading is on my mind for…
  • Drive: Bangalore to Pondicherry

    The itch for a long drive had been partially satisfied with a couple of drives to Kerala. The itch began again, and the opportunity presented itself in the form of two long weekends in August.…
Redlining the Indian Automotive Scene