Getting traction
My love affair with Mahindra jeeps started in the mid-eighties. My father used to work for a government mining company as an engineer. He was allotted a Mahindra Jeep to ...
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The low life
Welcome to the world of small levers and crawling on all fours and please, do me a favour – keep the unprintable thoughts you just had to yourself thank you. As head inst...
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I Survived
“Fear is the absence of knowledge.” Sirish, riding shotgun, is repeating it over and over again as I stare down a 20-foot drop at what looks to be, at least from where I...
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The evergreen debate – solid axle vs IFS
This debate could leave you in suspended animation. It’s a classic debate, this. Is independent front suspension or IFS a better bet than the old school solid axle for 4x...
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Desert recovery
Sooner or later you will get stuck. The key thing to remember when you’re headed out on your maiden dune bashing jaunt is that you must have the right equipment for stagi...
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The Low Life
Prepping the rig – the tourer. Identifying your mission can go a long way in getting the most out of your vehicle and its additionsWhen you choose to get yourself a 4x4, ...
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Keeping the nose out of it
Why do you need a snorkel? Years and years of mucking about on off-road terrain teaches you a lot of things. Apart from the driving skills you pick up you also learn abou...
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Rig it right
Prepping the rig to get some proper off-roading action. Over the decades, roads have improved and getting from one part of the country to the other has never been easier....
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Guardians of a galaxy
The desert. Only those who are well acquainted with it really know that it bears resemblance to no other terrain on Earth. A galaxy unto itself. Stark yet beautiful, barr...
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The Land of the rising sun
INTRO: Traversing 2500km from the East to the West of Arunachal Pradesh with a group of like-minded adventure goers and 33 Mahindra SUVs to take on the challenging terrai...
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Starry, Starry Night
If I may start this story with the great lyrics of one amazing musician – Don McLean “Starry, starry night. Paint your palette blue and grey, Look out on a summer's ...
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Battle Royale
Be it life, be it motorsports, be it cars or bikes, be it school, be it work – there is this imaginary ladder one seems to be climbing, no idea where it will end or when ...
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