In response to my post on ‘I found the secret of Indian RAAM finishers’ (26 June) where I suggested that being the doctor is key to being a RAAM finisher from India as seven of the eight RAAM finishers were doctors, my good friend Ravi suggested that I do NEET (the national level exam for engineering/medicine) and become a doctor to successfully complete RAAM. And my good friend Satish seconded that. I could not resist…
Welcome Srinivas & Amit to the finish line of RAAM, the first solo Indians close to finish line now.
Recently in India, a sitting judge was issued an arrest warrant for contempt of court by the highest court resulting in a nasty public spat that was lapped up the media. To escape arrest, he went incognito only to be arrested today (June 21, 2017). Note that this is a light hearted banter on this incident and not to be viewed as critical analysis. (Acche Din means “Good days in Hindi)
A friend of mine posted on FB about GST: India will become the first country to implement a law where: Rules are not ready Softwares are not ready Businessmen are not ready Professionals are not ready Govt systems are not ready Forms are not ready It happens only in India. Inspired by this is a limerick on GST. (Acche Din means “Happy Days” in Hindi)
ATMs nowadays (post demonetisation in India) are more dry than full. Getting your money from the bank is becoming a serious challenge. “The (cash) withdrawal symptoms post demonetisation are terrible.” This is a rant on this, as a limerick.(Acche Din means ‘Good days’ in Hindi) I rant and ventbut the ATM does not vend.My cash is lentto defaulters who not mend. So, when I want my moneyit says “Sorry honey”.Certainly it ain’t funny,wait till I…
During a fast paced night ride as prep for LEL on Old Madras Road, the moon and cloud were in a sensuous embrace, a lovely spectacle to watch on the wee hours of Saturday. After a few minutes, they became conscious of us and hid quickly in the expansive dark sky.
On a Friday night, a LEL prep ride with Satish turned out to be a nice 184kms. Dipankar rode with us till Volvo, Kolar. Satish was in high cadence mode leading the way, a zippy ride until Mulbagal (92km) aided by tailwinds. The return ride was fun with gusty headwinds, we rotated positions not wanting to slow down cadence. It was a nice fast ride of 184km in 7h:14m (ride time). Couple of tea breaks,…
My experience doing my 400km overnight ride from Bangalore to Chitradurga and back. Note that Chitradurga is on a hill, and has a bunch of windmills.
What are the emotions running through my my head during a morning run. Here is a creative take on this. when i run no pre-planned route like earthworms slithering route forms inside head legs follows and run love when beats in ears cosmic energy inside head legs bounces and run wow eyes narrow channeling emptiness inside head legs springs and run laugh dog tries chasing rush inside head legs dance and run angry driver near…
Well I did make it to see the windmills this weekend. It did however prove costly.As the dawn of Sunday was making its presence slowly, my headlight the B&M Luxos powered by hub dynamo broke(clamp affixed to frame broke) hanging merely by the wire. The tail lamp became emotional and also gave up. So at about 110kms from Bangalore, on the dark Sira-Hiriyur stretch at 3:30am, with just a reflective jacket, I had no option,…