This book is a wonderful mixture of motorcycle
travel writing, descriptions of people, places and landscape plus a healthy
dollop of philosophical ponderings.
As a westerner who has yet to visit
India or the Himalayas, I found it particularly fascinating to read something
written from the standpoint of an Indian man, rather than that of an outsider
looking in. The thoughts on Kashmir and
the lives of the young Indian soldiers stationed there is a poignant episode.
The ability to ride such a small
bike to such extreme places also puts into perspective the obsessive need for
big-engined motorcycles seen so much in biking culture; perhaps I should be
downgrading my ‘little’ 600cc to an Enfield?
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