Newly fabricated snakeboat being launched in the backwaters in Kerala

An unmissable scene of an event from Patanat village, Chengannur taluka, Kerala.

When will we have a Communist Virus free India once again so that we can drive hundreds or thousands of kms to  see a newly fabricated snakeboat being floated in one of the numerous backwaters in #GodsOwnCountry in September 2019 😩

Video courtesy: B Krishna Kumar

Usha Uthup at Trincas (Indian Roadie Preferred Cafe), Park Street in early 2020 and in the '60s

Usha Uthup at Trincas Restaurant, Park Street, Kolkata. Now and Live, recreated now for old times sake, that's how people remember life on Park Street! It's Trincas! Tables are still kept angular for guests to view the stage with least turning of the neck, like in the '60s 😊
Kolkata should be in your travel bucket list. At least half a day exploring the beauty of Park Street, Theatre Road (Shakespeare Sarani), Camac Street, Russell Street on foot with a meal in Trincas or any of the popular restaurants is a must.
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Andrea Nicole King bought her 1988 Chevy G-20 conversion van with only 9k original miles in mid June 2020

In mid June 2020, Andrea Nicole King went down to Columbus to pick up Lola her dream machine! She’s an ‘88 Chevy G-20 conversion van with only 9k original miles! She was well maintained and kept inside for most of her life. Soon enough Andrea will start making her way back to California to finish up her debut record and explore more of the west coast. Traveling is a passion Andrea. She is eagerly waiting to see where all Lola takes her. 

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The 56 item 'bhog' (maha prasad) at Jagannath Temple, Puri, Odisha

The 56 item 'bhog' (maha prasad) at Jagannath Temple, Puri, Odisha.

১) উকখুড়া অর্থাৎ মুড়ি।
২) নাড়িয়া কোড়া অর্থাৎ নারকেল নাড়ু।
৩) খুয়া অর্থাৎ খোয়া ক্ষীর।
৪) দই।
৫) পাচিলা কাঁদালি অর্থাৎ টুকরো টুকরো কলা।
৬) কণিকা অর্থাৎ সুগন্ধী ভাত।
৭) টাটা খিঁচুড়ি অর্থাৎ শুকনো খিঁচুড়ি।
৮) মেন্ধা মুন্ডিয়া অর্থাৎ বিশেষ ধরণের কেক।
৯) বড়া কান্তি অর্থাৎ বড় কেক।
১০) মাথা পুলি অর্থাৎ পুলি পিঠে।
১১) হামসা কেলি অর্থাৎ মিষ্টি কেক।
১২) ঝিলি অর্থাৎ এক ধরণের প্যান কেক।
১৩) এন্ডুরি অর্থাৎ নারকেল দিয়ে তৈরি কেক।
১৪) আদাপচেদি অর্থাৎ আদা দিয়ে তৈরি চাটনি।
১৫) শাক ভাজা।
১৬) মরীচ লাড্ডু অর্থাৎ লঙ্কার লাড্ডু।
১৭) করলা ভাজা
১৮) ছোট্ট পিঠে
১৯) বারা অর্থাৎ দুধ তৈরি মিষ্টি।
২০) আরিশা অর্থাৎ ভাত দিয়ে তৈরি মিষ্টি।
২১) বুন্দিয়া অর্থাৎ বোঁদে।
২২) পাখাল অর্থাৎ পান্তা ভাত।
২৩)খিড়ি অর্থাৎ দুধভাত।
২৪)কাদামবা অর্থাৎ বিশেষ মিষ্টি।
২৫) পাত মনোহার মিষ্টি।
২৬) তাকুয়া মিষ্টি।
২৭) ভাগ পিঠে।
২৮) গোটাই অর্থাৎ নিমকি।
২৯) দলমা অর্থাৎ ভাত ও সবজি।
৩০) কাকারা মিষ্টি।
৩১) লুনি খুরুমা অর্থাৎ নোনতা বিস্কুট।
৩২) আমালু অর্থাৎ মিষ্টি লুচি।
৩৩) বিড়ি পিঠে।
৩৪) চাড়াই নাডা মিষ্টি।
৩৫) খাস্তা পুরি।
৩৬) কাদালি বারা।
৩৭) মাধু রুচী অর্থাৎ মিষ্টি চাটনি।
৩৮) সানা আরিশা অর্থাৎ রাইস কেক।
৩৯) পদ্ম পিঠে।
৪০) পিঠে।
৪১) কানজি অর্থাৎ চাল দিয়ে বিশেষ মিষ্টি।
৪২) দাহি পাখাল অর্থাৎ দই ভাত।
৪৩) বড় আরিশা।
৪৪) ত্রিপুরি।
৪৫) সাকারা অর্থাৎ সুগার ক্যান্ডি।
৪৬) সুজি ক্ষীর।
৪৭) মুগা সিজা।
৪৮) মনোহরা মিষ্টি।
৪৯) মাগাজা লাড্ডু।
৫০) পানা।
৫১) অন্ন।
৫২) ঘি ভাত।
৫৩) ডাল।
৫৪) বিসার অর্থাৎ সবজি।
৫৫) মাহুর অর্থাৎ লাবরা।
৫৬) সাগা নাড়িয়া অর্থাৎ নারকেলের দুধ দিয়ে মাখা ভাত।
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Text and photo credit: Gouranga Paul

Kerala's 'AMMA RUCHI' food tuk-tuk

Kerala's 'AMMA RUCHI' food tuk-tuk are non-polluting electric auto rickshaws converted to food rickshaws with attached steel kitchen. 

15 yrs old daughter pedalled 1200 kms over 7 days from Gurugram to Darbhanga, carrying her injured and jobless father as the pillion rider

Jyoti Kumari is a 15 year old girl from Bihar who carried her wounded father from GURUGRAM (Gurgaon) to their home village in DARBANGHA district (Bihar) on her bicycle covering 1200 kms over 7 days during the lockdown in May 2020.

Kicked out by his employer during the lockdown, the daughter Jyoti pedalled back home with her father riding pillion. After this crazy feat of endurance and love the Cycling Federation of India, an academy, under the aegis of Sports Authority of India, is looking into the possibility of training her to  be a world-class cyclist.

The young girl deserves the 'carrot' in 'Carrot N Stick'.
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Fish Mela or Uttarayan Mela

মাছের মেলা।।

আজ আপনাদের নিয়ে চলি এক অদ্ভুত জায়গা। "মাছ মেলা"। বর্তমানে সরকারি মৎস্য দপ্তর মৎস্য চাষিদের কল্যানে নানান জায়গায় "মৎস্য মেলা" করে তেমন না। এ এক অতি প্রাচীন উৎসব, এই সোনার বাংলায়, চলুন।

নানান বই থেকে পড়েছিলাম, শ্রী চৈতন্যদেব এর সাক্ষাৎ শিষ্য ষট (ছয়)গোস্বামীর অন্যতম শ্রী রঘুনাথ দাস গোস্বামীর শ্রীপাট হুগলির আদিসপ্তগ্রাম এর কাছে শ্রীকৃষ্ণপুর গ্রামে সরস্বতী নদীর পাশে ছিল। সেখানে প্রতি বছর পয়লা মাঘ 500 বছরের বেশি পুরানো এক মেলা হয়, যার আসল নাম "উত্তরায়ন মেলা", কিন্তু এই মেলাটি "মাছ মেলা" হিসেবেই বেশি পরিচিত। এই মেলায় নানান রকমের মাছ আর বেতের আসবাব বিক্রি হয়, সেই প্রাচীন কাল থেকেই। মেলাতেই মাছ কিনে তা পেঁয়াজ রসুন ছাড়া রান্না করে খাওয়া হয়। মূলতঃ পুড়িয়ে খাওয়া রীতি। এবং আরো অদ্ভুত বিষয়, সম্পূর্ণ শাকাহারি বৈষনবরা ও এই মেলায় মাছ খান, প্রভু নিত্যানন্দের নির্দেশ মেনে। দেখার ইচ্ছা বহুদিন এর, এবার চোখ সার্থক করলাম।
মূল মেলা নিয়ে বলার আগে এর আরেকটু ইতিহাস বলি। এই সপ্তগ্রামের খুব বড় জমিদার ছিলেন গোবর্ধন দাস। তাঁর প্রভূত অর্থ সম্পত্তি ছিল। কিন্তু তাঁর একমাত্র পুত্র শ্রী রঘুনাথ দাসের এসব বিষয় সম্পত্তি, ব্যবসা, নদী বাণিজ্য, এসবে এক্কেবারে মন ছিলোনা। তিনি শ্রী চৈতন্যদেব এর প্রতি আকৃষ্ট হন ছোটবেলা থেকেই। এই সময়ে এই সপ্তগ্রামে শ্রী নিত্যানন্দ মহাপ্রভু বেশ কিছুকাল বসবাস করতেন, আরেক জমিদার শ্রী উদ্ধারণ দত্ত মহাশয়ের শ্রীপাট এ। (শ্রী উদ্ধারণ দত্ত এর বাড়িতে শ্রী নিত্যানন্দ মহাপ্রভু দ্বারা প্রতিষ্ঠিত ও পূজিত ছয় হাতের শ্রী কৃষ্ণ ও গৌরাঙ্গ মহাপ্রভুর মূর্তির ছবি আগেই দিয়েছি)। তাই শ্রী রঘুনাথ দাস এখানেই নিত্যানন্দ মহাপ্রভু র সংস্পর্শে আসেন ও তাঁর কাছে প্রথমে দীক্ষা নেন ও নাম গানে মত্ত হয়ে ওঠেন। পরে তিনি নিত্যানন্দ মহাপ্রভু র নির্দেশে পুরী তে গিয়ে শ্রী চৈতন্যদেব এর কাছে যান ও দীক্ষা নিয়ে তাঁর এক প্রিয়পাত্র হয়ে ওঠেন। এরপর তিনি সন্যাস নিয়ে এই সপ্তগ্রামে ফিরে আসেন ৮ মাস পর, এই পয়লা মাঘে। সেই দিন তাঁর ভক্তরা তাঁকে মাছ খেতে অনুরোধ করেন এবং ভক্তের অনুরোধ ফেলতে না পেরে তিনি প্রথম মাছ খান। এই ঘটনা স্মরণে প্রতি বছর এই মেলা হয় তাঁর আগমন স্মরণ করে। কথিত পাশেই বয়ে চলা সরস্বতী নদী (এখন এক কচুরিপানা ভর্তি খালের মতন) থেকে ইলিশ মাছ ধরে তাঁকে খাওয়ানো হয়।
এই মেলায় বহু রকম বিশালাকার মাছ আসে, রুই, কাতলা, শোল, রিঠা, বোয়াল, আড়, ভেটকী, দাম ও বেশ কম। দেখার জিনিস। তবে খুব বেশি মানুষ এই মেলার কথা জানেন না, আর বৈষ্ণবরা খুব একটা প্রচার করেননা।  রাস্তা খুব সঙ্কীর্ণ। পৌঁছনো বেশ ঝামেলা।
এই বছর মেলা 523 বছরে পা দিলো। এখন ই দেখতে চেয়ে লাভ নেই, আবার সামনে বছর পয়লা মাঘ এ।

How to reach:
Bandel station এ নেমে toto বা auto তে যাওয়া। এছাড়া নিজের চারচাকা বা বাইক থাকলে, NH-2 ধরে মগরা গিয়ে, ওখান থেকে GT road ধরে 2 কিঃমিঃ মতন গেলেই শ্রী কৃষ্ণপুর

Courtesy: Debashis Biswas

Vinayraj Singh of MP crashed his white Maruti Suzuki Brezza on 2020-06-24

One Vinayraj Singh of Sardarpur and/ or Rajod in Madhya Pradesh crashed his white Maruti Suzuki Brezza Vitara on some National Highway on Wednesday 2020-06-24. He came out unscathed. He posted the photos of the damaged car on the NH with the caption on social media on 2020-06-25: 

"Yesterday the accident happened, now what to do next, please give some suggestion..😢😢" 

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My response: 

You just posted a couple of photos and went silent. Do you want us to cry or sob with you? 

These incomplete communications are extremely irritating. 

Where did it happen? 

How did it happen? 

It is clear that the car went right through the cut in the median divider and onto the the middle of the lane with oncoming traffic. 

Having seen over 45 winters & summers on Indian roads and a logical marketing professional, I have this feeling that the car was at very high speed. Suddenly there were some obstructions on the way of the car. To save a sure crash, you swerved right, still hit the median divider (because of which the front and rear axles twisted and the left side bore the maximum brunt) and stopped in the middle of the opposite flank. 

You are lucky that there were no oncoming vehicles. 

You would have killed yourself and people in other oncoming vehicles, too. 

I know that you will never agree that you were at a high uncontrollable speed or were inattentive. 

The other possibility is that the driver fell asleep. 

To an extent of 90%+ accuracy, I am certain that either of this is what caused the crash. You were obviously NOT #HighOnCognition". 

You will claim insurance and as a result of which all Indians will have to pay a few paisa or rupees more in insurance premium next year. 

On 2019-07-11, you posted a photo of yourself on the wheels of the Brezza with the caption, TEST LIFE IN STYLE. So you did it. I only hope nobody else got hurt! 

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Justin Parsons, 1 year of vanlife, 3 countries, 65000 kms, 2017-12-07 to 2018-12-08

Justin Parsons and his partner had been doing small trips in the van before, but  2018-12-08 marked one year since they have been travelling full time in the van! They left Alberta on December 7, 2017 and have been to many cool places since.
The little video marks one full year of vanlife, of road memories.

1 year, 3 countries, 65000 kms 🚐💨
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Why Do Diesel Fuel Injectors Fail?

2 Common Reasons Diesel Fuel Injectors Fail (And How To Prevent It)
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Why Do Diesel Fuel Injectors Fail? 

There are two major causes of diesel fuel injector failure associated with the properties of the fuel itself: excess wear and deposits.

Excessive Wear

One mode of injector failure is excess wear. Prior to 2006, diesel fuels in the United States contained relatively high amounts of sulfur. This sulfur comes from the crude oil refined into the fuel. This sulfur in the fuel acted as a natural lubricant for the fuel system. Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) was gradually introduced into the market and is now mandated in all diesel fuel segments including on-highway, off-highway, and railroad. ULSD has a maximum allowable sulfur content of 15 ppm. As refiners removed this sulfur the lubrication benefits went away as well. As a result additives are now used to restore lubricity. The standard for measuring this lubricity is the High Frequency Reciprocating Rig (HFRR) Test, ASTM D-6079, which measures the size of a wear scar between two metal surfaces lubricated with the fuel. The less lubrication the fuel provides, the larger the wear scar. The maximum allowable wear scar in the United States is 520 microns (460 microns in Canada). Many fuel distributors add additional lubricity improvers to the fuel to limit premature wear.

Abrasion

While fuel lubricity is an important factor in determining the wear characteristics of the fuel injection system, it is not the only fuel-related cause of excess wear. The other potential cause of premature injector failure due to wear is caused by abrasion.  All fuels contain small amounts of impurities, even the highest quality diesel fuels. Some of these impurities include very small (a few microns in size) particles that can pass through even the tightest on-board vehicle filters. If the fuel contains a large amount of these small insoluble particles, over time they can abrade the injectors as they pass through them during normal engine operation. In extreme cases, this abrasion can significantly alter the fuel spray pattern, causing reduced engine performance, and even increased downtime and maintenance due to severe abrasion. Good housekeeping practices by the fuel supplier, and good fuel filtration can reduce the damage caused by this abrasion.

Deposits

While excess wear, whether caused by poor fuel lubricity or abrasion, is important to consider when discussing the cause of injector failure, the major reason for injector failure today is due to excessive buildup of deposits. There are two major types of deposits: external injector deposits and internal injector deposits. External injector deposits generally are caused by incompletely burned fuel that builds up around the injector holes. These deposits are referred to as coking deposits. While in most cases these deposits may not lead to injector failure, they can build up enough to disrupt the fuel spray, which leads to less efficient fuel combustion. This is often observed by the vehicle operator as a noticeable loss in power or lost fuel economy. Detergent additives have been used quite successfully to help control these external deposits, and restore the injector to its most efficient performance; restoring both the lost power and lost fuel economy caused by the buildup of these external deposits.

Internal Diesel Injector Deposits (IDID)

In the last few years, a new type of injector deposit has begun to appear. This deposit does not form on the external tips of the injectors, but rather on the internal parts like the injector needles and pilot valves. These deposits often look similar to the coking deposits (dark brown in color), but also can be very light, almost grayish to off-white in appearance. While they can form in virtually any type of diesel engine, they typically only cause operational issues in the newer engines with highly engineered injection systems. 

Engine manufacturers are now offering injection systems that operate at very high injection pressures (greater than 30,000 psi in some cases) that supply fuel to all injectors through a common fuel rail. These engines are often referred to as High Pressure Common Rail (HPCR) engines. They were designed to help meet the ever-tightening emission regulations engine manufacturers must meet. The extremely high injection pressures create a very fine fuel mist spray in the combustion chamber, resulting in more complete burning of the fuel. This more complete fuel burning yields lower emissions and can also improve fuel economy.

In order to maintain these high injection pressures, the injector assemblies have been highly engineered, and have very tight clearance tolerances, sometimes as small as 1 – 3 microns (a human hair is typically 70 – 100 microns thick). So, you can imagine that it would not take much material depositing on these parts to cause poor injector needle actuation, leading to poor engine performance. In extreme cases, these deposits can lead to complete sticking or seizing of the injector needles, particularly after the vehicle has been shut down and the engine has been allowed to cool. 

As these internal deposits build up, they can cause the same symptoms as the more traditional external coking deposits, namely lost power and reduced fuel economy.  In extreme cases where the injectors begin to completely stick, they can lead to excessive vehicle downtime and high maintenance costs.

Source: dieseliq
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Pithoragarh bridge collapse on 2020-06-23

A bailey bridge in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, nearly 50 km from the Sino-India border, collapsed when a truck carrying a heavy earth moving machine was crossing it around 9 am on Monday, 2020-06-23. The truck driver and the excavator machine operator were injured as the 40 feet long bridge, built in 2009, crashed under the combined weight of the truck and the machine. 

The weight-bearing capacity of the bridge was 18 tonne while the combined weight of the excavator and the truck was 26 tonnes.

The truck driver and the excavator operator have been admitted to a hospital in Munsyari.

Around 15 border villages of Johar Valley have been cut off. 

Construction of another bridge will take at least 15 days. 

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Bhagwat Prasad Pandey, MP Police Officer (Episode 07) reprimands a man on the road who went out to buy 'pudina' during lockdown at Sidhi

Bhagwat Prasad Pandey, MP Police Officer (Episode 07): reprimanded a man on the road who went out to buy 'pudina' during lockdown at Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. A few more people spotted on the road were reprimanded, too. 

The Indian Roadie police officer preferred to patrol the roads in his official Mahindra Bolero to enforce the Covid-19 lockdown instead of sitting tight at office. 
Every road travel enthusiast should nurture the no nonsense qualities of the police officer to be safe on the road. 

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* Indian Roadie Covid-19 Lockdown Tales

Covid-19 testing centre for migrant workers at Chichira border on NH6 near Kharagpur

Migrant workers reaching the Chichira interstate border checkpost on NH6 (old number) near Kharagpur in hired buses from distant states are forcibly stopped by West Bengal police at this point in the midst of nowhere and subjected to unprecedented harassment.

The shack with fluttering plastic sheets is West Bengal's unmanned and hitech super-speciality Covid19/ health checkup/testing centre at Chichira border on NH6.

The police themselves are advising the poor/ hapless travellers to leave the buses and start walking to their destination in West Bengal through the forests to avoid waiting for hours for the health checkups to happen.

P.S: It's not clear if roadies in own cars and bikes also need to take a break at the same location, abandon the ride and continue walking.

Video courtesy: An anonymous traveller.

Video date: 2020-05-14.

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* How India Travels

* Bengal Doomed

* Tsunami Of Development

A historic relic in the form of a milestone, 35 miles from Ludhiana

Mcllo Rj, a resident of a village near Ludhiana, Punjab was guided by his uncle to this historical relic still intact by the side of the highway on Monday, 2020-06-22.
We are left wondering how many of such 'real' milestones still exist in India. Most of those must have been removed during the process of road widening.
The numerical figures engraved on the milestone are in miles, not kilometers.
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* Indian Roadie Distance Signage

Bharat Benz trailer truck crossing the flooded Tirap River in Arunachal Pradesh

Bharat Benz 5528 multi-axle trailer truck crossing the flooded and unbridged Tirap River in Arunachal Pradesh.
Hats off to the driver and machine.
It feels good to note that India too, has heavy duty trucks and buses which are being manufactured in Indian soil.

Bhagwat Prasad Pandey, MP Police Officer (Episode 06) chats with migrant workers from Surat on the road at Covid-19 testing hospitals at night

Bhagwat Prasad Pandey, MP Police Officer (Episode 06): meets and chats with migrant workers returning from Surat on the road at Covid-19 testing hospitals in Sidhi at night.
He earns their confidence. The returnees will surely not break the mandatory quarantine rules because of the respect the officer has earned by virtue of his interactions.
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* Personal Branding
* Reputation Management
* Indian Roadie Motivational Tales
* Indian Roadie Covid19 Lockdown Tales

Bhagwat Prasad Pandey, MP Police Officer (Episode 05) is always Happy To Help

Bhagwat Prasad Pandey, MP Police Officer (Episode 05)

Bhagwat Prasad Pandey, MP Police Officer (Episode 04) earns respect from a fruits cum vegetable seller by the roadside in Sidhi

Bhagwat Prasad Pandey, MP Police Officer (Episode 04)
Indian Roadie police officer Bhagwat Prasad Pandey is always Happy To Help (Episode - 4):

Bhagwat Prasad Pandey knows how to earn respect while carrying out his official duty as a police officer in Sidhi, MP.
He is seen on the road in his official Mahindra Bolero from early in the morning till late in the evening enforcing lockdown guidelines, arranging quarantine facilities for migrant workers reaching the district town of Sidhi and surrounding villages, and providing masks/ foodstuff/ relief materials to whoever is in need of those.
Watch how wonderfully he builds up  rapport with a fruits cum vegetable seller by the roadside and earns his respect.
His favorite quote to reprimand people out on the road without concrete reasons is "#RajaKiNaatiHo" 😂
This was during the lockdown period in May 2020.
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* How India Travels
* CarrotNStick
* Indian Roadie Motivational Stories

Engine flew off the overturned Tata Nexon (KL-03AE-0123) in Kerala. Marbles between the legs got saved

This is the fallout of a peak of 7300 private engineering colleges and 3200+ private B-schools which mushroomed pan-India between 2000 and 2013, producing herds of glorified techies or Information Technology specialists or BFSI glorified clerks who were in demand purely because India was competitive in the global market.
Since the past 4 - 5 years the 'know_it_all' specialists and and their close friends started hearing about NCAP (crash) ratings.
They started testing it out if their cars were  indeed safe as claimed by the manufacturers. They wanted to demonstrate to the world that their cars had fabulous crumple zones and even their irresponsible behavior can't hold them back in wheelchairs.
By end June 2020, they have also started demonstrating that in the event of a collision, the engine will fly out and save the marbles between the legs from bursting.
BTW, they are such great nationalists that majority of them try out their stupid stances on Tata vehicles 😠
Enjoy the aftermath of one such demo on 2020-06-20 on a wet and winding road somewhere in Kerala. The joker driving the white Tata Nexon (KL-03AE-0123) supposedly walked out with a fractured shoulder. So sad.
And because of these new breeds who behave as if their mother went to the hospital riding a Hummer or a war tank to give birth to these resource depleting elements, we buffoons keep paying higher amounts as insurance premium every year 😠
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* Mishap And Calamity

Kia Carnival delivery from Chennai showroom goes horribly wrong

 

Delivery of brand new Kia Carnival on 2020-06-20 went terribly wrong. 

Kia Motors, Thoraipakkam on OMR, Chennai on Saturday, 2020-06-20. 

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Bhadaini Ghat, Varanasi - Ghats of Varanasi

Bhadaini Ghat, Varanasi leading to the River Ganga.
Only while travelling by road in India.
Courtesy: Devaraj Devan

Goa - Indian Roadie Preferred Cafe and Restaurant

1) Fisherman's Cove, Candolim, Goa - try the butter garlic calamari, chicken xacuti with rice
2) Fat Fish, Baga, Calangute Road, Goa - try Chicken Stroganoff and butter Garlic calamari
3) Brittos, Baga Beach, Goa - Seafood platter
4) Lazy Goose, Nerul Bridge, Goa - awesome riverside ambience and good food
5) Dropadi, Palolem Beach, South Goa - chicken pepper steak, rolled chicken and banofie pie
6) Gunpowder, Assagao, Goa - reservations are mandatory - superb South Indian/Kereala food
7) Thalassa, Small Vagator, Goa - good for Greek style food - awesome wraps - ambience is just amazing - Greek themed
8) Cafe Cottinga @ The Tamarind Hotel, Anjuna, Goa - awesome Indian food - do try the cakes and pastries especially the baked caramel cheesecake
9) Martin's Corner, Betalbatim, Goa - awesome Goan Ambience and live music, chicken steak, fresh seafood, lobster and crab (availability depends on season and catch) - this is basically in the middle of nowhere
10) Cafe Bodega, Panjim, Goa - vegan friendly - try the quiche, sandwiches and desserts - coffee is also recommended considering the ambience
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I will keep adding names of more restaurants and their location in Goa and also their speciality cuisines. 
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Mapro Gardens, Mahabaleshwar - Indian Roadie Preferred Cafe

Famous strawberry ice creams available at Mapro Gardens, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra. One can enjoy the ice creams while staring at the beautiful nature.
The cafe at Mapro Gardens, Mahabaleshwar serves varieties of freshly baked vegetable pizzas, milk shakes, ice creams, etc. It's a foodies delight.
I have been there a couple of times.
Mahabaleshwar, via Wai, Panchgani is just about 115 kms from Pune (Katraj).

Courtesy: Photo 1 - Bhaskar Jha.
Photo 2 - Milind Mehta.
Photo 3 - Tanmoy Das.
Photo 4 - Kinshuk Arya.
Photo 5 - Kinshuk Arya.
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