What's in a name??
Why is this (now "on", now "off") blog named what it is?
And what exactly is my biking philosophy??
"Now, now, now", you may say, especially if you have had a drink with me and listened to me holding forth on biking philosophies. Well, I have grown up too, mate. I do not any longer have a biking philosophy. After all, we could again debate what I am saying here sometime, somewhere with a glass of spirits in our hands, but believe me when I say that when most of us speak of biking philosophies we just extend our biking egos into refined speech.
Today, at this stage in life, I sincerely believe that everyone who has time and money will ride. At the most basic level, it has to do with the overall change in the Indian milieau - better roads, better communications, better roads and of course the sudden realization that "biking" is the "hip" thing, travel is a "mantra", etc :-)))
Today, I also believe that I personally am addicted to the road, that I get my biggest highs only when I have an open stretch in front of me, or when a blind curve rears up ahead. And I would also say that there are any number of such addicts around, all waiting to put together the time and money, plotting their next big rides.
In my own way I have also had to contend with the temptation of crowning myself the "first". LOL, I am just being naughty here, though I am the first in my family to go to Ladakh. And I was the first among 40 odd bikers to reach the specatcular Belum Caves.
And if you are already wondering why I am saying this or what exactly I am saying, let me put it this way.
My only biking philosophy is, "Ek Desh, Do Pahiyey".
Do ride on and ride safe mate, for it is your country too.
And what exactly is my biking philosophy??
"Now, now, now", you may say, especially if you have had a drink with me and listened to me holding forth on biking philosophies. Well, I have grown up too, mate. I do not any longer have a biking philosophy. After all, we could again debate what I am saying here sometime, somewhere with a glass of spirits in our hands, but believe me when I say that when most of us speak of biking philosophies we just extend our biking egos into refined speech.
Today, at this stage in life, I sincerely believe that everyone who has time and money will ride. At the most basic level, it has to do with the overall change in the Indian milieau - better roads, better communications, better roads and of course the sudden realization that "biking" is the "hip" thing, travel is a "mantra", etc :-)))
Today, I also believe that I personally am addicted to the road, that I get my biggest highs only when I have an open stretch in front of me, or when a blind curve rears up ahead. And I would also say that there are any number of such addicts around, all waiting to put together the time and money, plotting their next big rides.
In my own way I have also had to contend with the temptation of crowning myself the "first". LOL, I am just being naughty here, though I am the first in my family to go to Ladakh. And I was the first among 40 odd bikers to reach the specatcular Belum Caves.
And if you are already wondering why I am saying this or what exactly I am saying, let me put it this way.
My only biking philosophy is, "Ek Desh, Do Pahiyey".
Do ride on and ride safe mate, for it is your country too.
posted by Anand Vishwanadha at 11:23 AM
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