Efforts by me (Deep Banerjee) to promote 'Vanlife' in India has started yielding results from June 2020

I (Deep Banerjee, Founder, Indian Roadie) have devoted countless hours since 2017 or earlier to drill the idea of leading a vanlife into the heads of roadies in India.  All the efforts have started yielding the desired results in India, thanks to the Communist Virus sweeping the nation since March 2020. 
'Vanlife' lifestyle can be led for a couple of days to weeks even in a Tata Nano, Maruti 800, Maruti Omni, Maruti Ertiga, or a multiaxle Volvo bus (if one has deep pockets).
Spending a couple of days or weeks every year in your vehicle doesn't mean that you have to buy a new or pre-owned Tata Marcopolo or Volvo B9R and convert it spending ₹20 - 100+ lakhs in the process. A modest ₹25000 - 125000 is enough for a start.
It's high time that we Indians, especially the complacent millenials in the Information Technology industry which the 7000 odd engineering colleges churn out year after year, learn to become more flexible, more realistic, more modest in their words and action. They need to move out of their cocoon/ their world of a 5'x5' workspace.
People need to look around to realize that India already has all the facilities, if not better, to get set and go.
Plus, I am there to handhold you, but remember that there are no free lunches in life. You need to fork out money to buy ideas/ suggestions.
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* Marketingpundit Promoting Vanlife In India,
* Indian Roadie Promoting Vanlife In India

Singur was abandoned by Tata Motors in early Sept 2008, farmers in despair

A frustrated Mr. Ratan Tata abandoned the Tata Motors Nano plant in Singur, Hooghly district, West Bengal in early September 2008. Mamata Banerjee declared herself victorious. She addressed Mr. Tata as Tata Babu on that fateful evening and whole of Bengal cheered. That marked the doom of West Bengal in every sphere of life.

Fast forward to April - May 2019. Years after the Tata Manufacturing plant was shifted out of West Bengal’s Singur to Gujarat’s Sanand, the farmers involved in the agitation against the Tata behemoth have expressed their regret for the agitation that led to the expulsion. Though they got their land back, the farmers feel cheated as the land is uncultivable and the town doesn’t have enough jobs for them says a report in DNA.

According to the farmers who took a march to Kolkata in 2018 to demand setting up of industries in the region, they were used by political parties in the agitation that culminated into Tata leaving Singur district for their Nano car production. They asserted that if they get a chance to atone for their “mistake”, they would eagerly give away their land for setting up industries in Singur.

However, today the disenchanted farmers, having realised that they had been used as cannon fodder by the politicians have expressed remorse over their decision to agitate against the Tata conglomerate. One of the farmers, Ashok Maity said, “We got nothing out of the agitation. We were used and later dumped to fend for ourselves by the political parties to serve their own purposes. No industries came up in the region, nor the land which was returned to us in 2016 is cultivable. We are living in extreme poverty.”

The farmers in the region had to fight a long and enervating legal battle to get hold of their land. Ashok and his brother got 60 kottah of land. However, the land they got was converted into concrete or covered with wreckage. The agricultural experts believe that with the concrete pillars and slabs on the ground, at least 7-8 inches of topsoil will have to be removed to make it arable again. It is a costly measure and the farmers are not in the position to bear the expenses. Without this procedure, it might take 10 more years for the land to turn tillable.

Many farmers in the district echo Maity’s sentiments. They claim that they were influenced by the political hysteria around the anti-land acquisition movement and got duped by it. They believe if they had provided their land for the industries, Singur would have turned into a teeming industrial town, creating and offering jobs to many and their children wouldn’t have to forage other states in search of jobs.
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# Indian Roadie
# How India Travels

Itinerary of a proposed proposed road trip to Daringbari, Jagdalpur, Araku and Vizag by Tata Nano in Nov - Dec 2017

Here is a tentative itinerary of approx. 2750 kms chalked out by IndianRoadie fan/ senior member, Deepak Mitra for a proposed road trip to Daringbadi, Jagdalpur, Chitrakote, Tirathgarh, DumDumaFalls, DeomaliHills, Araku, Vizag and Puri in a Tata Nano in Nov - Dec 2017.
Parts of West Bengal, Odisha, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh will be traversed during the proposed road trip.
Suggestions and comments (if any) are solicited.

01. Kolkata - Cuttack       :          426     Stay

02. Cuttack - Daringbadi :          267     Stay
     *(Via Daspalla, Surada)
2a. Daringbadi sight seeing       ....       Stay

03. Daringbadi - Jagdalpur        358     Stay
3a. Jagdalpur-Chitrakote: 39
3b. Chitrakote-Tirathgarh: 61
3c. Tirathgarh-Jagdalpur : 32   132     Stay

04. Jagdalpur-Gupteswar: 98
05. Gupteswar-Dumduma
                                     Falls: 91  189     Stay

06. Dumduma-**Deomali
                                   Hills:  111
07. Deomali-Araku          :   65   176    Stay

08. Araku-Vizag                             91    Stay
      (via Golikonda, Borra caves)
8a . Vizag sight seeing                 ....    Stay
8b.  Vizag sight seeing                 ....    Stay

09. Vizag-Gopalpur beach :        286   Stay

10. Gopalpur-Puri (2nd half):      131  Stay
      (via Satapada)
10a. Puri & surroundings             .....   Stay

11. Puri-Kolkata                            500
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        TOTAL                                   2556 kms
         FOR SIGHT SEEING              200 kms
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         GRAND TOTAL    2756 kms  13 days

* Why is he opting for the unconventional route?

To avoid the boring and monotonous NH16 and to explore a new road through hills and forests. And also to see new areas of our grand and majestic country (at least geographically).
And secondly, to avoid not-a-very-meagre amount of toll tax.

** Why has he included Deomali hills?

This hill occupies a very important place in the topographical characteristics of India. It is the highest point in the Eastern ghats. Moreover, Deomali hills is adjacent to the area where people of Bonda Tribe can be seen.