… In the rarefied air of Tibet lies a transcendental experience on two wheels. An account of Royal Enfield’s Tour of Tibet 2014. Text and photos by SOPAN JOSHI … [ An edited version of this article was published in… Read More ›
Automobiles
Moving Mountains
… [ Published in the September 2014 issue of Outlook Traveller ] … … If you must head to the mountains on a motorcycle in the middle of a monsoon, it makes sense to not ride a big, low-slung cruiser…. Read More ›
Wheels Of Change
The road to Agra takes a new turn. ……….. [Published in OUTLOOK TRAVELLER ] SOPAN JOSHI September 01, 2012 I have never been one to complain about the condition of Indian roads. I learned to ride motorcycles on sand. The… Read More ›
Electric cars still waiting for a spark of innovation
Big batteries are weighing down electric vehicles and it’s unlikely that subsidies can lighten that load to make them a viable non-polluting alternative By Sopan Joshi [ Published in TEHELKA magazine ] IT’S BEEN more than a year since the… Read More ›
RAJASTHAN: Crash Course in Dune School
Renting a 4×4 is the coolest new adventure activity going. By Sopan Joshi [ Published in OUTLOOK TRAVELLER ] A cancelled afternoon flight, a taxi from the airport, travelling 650km overnight to reach Jodhpur, malnutrition, sleep deprivation…. Read More ›
डीज़ल का ईंधनतंत्र
[ इस लेख का संपादित रूप दैनिक हिन्दुस्तान में 16 फरवरी को छपा था ] सोपान जोशी डीज़ल हमारे यहाँ पेट्रोल की तुलना मे चौथाई या तिहाई सस्ता बिकता है। पेट्रोल पर आबिकारी कर डीज़ल की तुलना मे सात गुणा… Read More ›
Setting right the diesel skew can’t be a smooth ride
[ This was published in Tehelka ] The automobile industry may not like it but the proposal to hike excise duty on diesel vehicles is good for the State exchequer and the environment Sopan Joshi THE PROPOSED excise duty hike… Read More ›
Before you can say Harley-Davidson
Prozac at Rs 12 lakh a pop By Sopan Joshi [ Published in OPEN’s Dec 29, 2011 issue ] I want a boutique midlife crisis. I want a rich, comfortable life, replete with items of consumerism that provoke deep existential… Read More ›
The automobile is 125 years old
[This appeared in Aug 2011 issue of OUTLOOK TRAVELLER] It hit me first at the visa counter of the German Embassy in Delhi. Sharply dressed executives, several of them deutschsprechend, discussing the conferences they intend to attend. Indians go to… Read More ›
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