I cherished a dream of traveling the country in my own way. While trekking the Sahyadris, I met friends who were masters in star gazing, bird watching, reading, and cycling. They kindled the adventurous spirit in me and helped me go cycling. My selfless friends helped me buy a good quality, budget bike. This book is about My Solo; Self Supported bicycle ride from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, which was done In Oct 2021. It contains my experiences, pictures taken en-route, information about the places, and some exceptional personalities; I met during my journey. The information about the places, I have collected from the Net. It also depicts my struggle in selecting the route and traversing the Indian Landscape and my struggles to overcome the glitches in the cycle. Hope this book will be well accepted and will help people to take on adventures.
This book is more of a talking book than a reading one. It makes you talk to your inner self as you read. From his library of experiences of the life intensely lived so far, the author candidly shares certain insightful experiences on always finding a door, living an exuberant life in spite of... There are people who live their lives doing one thing, and there are those who do everything in one life. Whatever the approach, our journey is all about discovering the known, the knowable, and experiencing the unknowable, to find the door that exists, leading to possibilities… As you hold this book in your hands, the connection has already been made for gifting yourself the assurance of adding life to life with your own uniqueness. So go ahead and achieve your own flow to become what you can become…
BE AMAZED. BE INFORMED. BE PROUD. Get to know about our country?s firsts and foremosts in human endeavour, education, defence, government, adventure, cinema, literature and the arts, along with freshly introduced chapters on science and technology, business and economy, the natural world and structures. With a brand-new look and readerfriendly infographics, charts and tables, this book now includes more than 300 images and all the fascinating absolutes you always wanted ? such as records for the longest, tallest, fastest and heaviest ? that have stood steadfast over the years. Plus it features hundreds of exciting new records that mark our nation?s and its people?s move towards always bettering the best! ONLY IN THE LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS 2018. READ?AND LEAD!
Want a houseboat in Kashmir? Trying to post a parcel? These and countless other survival tips are all in this definitive guide, a new edition of an award-winning book that has been recognized as the outstanding contemporary guide to the subcontinent.
The culture of Rajasthan, with its battle-scarred forts, palaces of amazing luxury, and romantic sense of honour attracts many travellers yet remains uncorrupted by mass tourism. This new guide includes practical travel information, detailed coverage of the arts and crafts, and a special section on palace accommodation.
The guide to India is a useful handbook to an extraordinary country. The introductory colour section includes photography of the country's many highlights in the 42 Things Not To Miss section, from boating on the backwaters of Kerala to taking in a cricket match at the Oval Maiden in Mumbai. It provides comprehensive accounts of every attraction from the vibrant cities and elaborate temples to Himalayan peaks and palm-fringed beaches. There is also practical advice on activities as diverse as camel trekking in the Rajasthan desert, rafting on the Indus and hiking through the lunar landscapes of Ladakh. The listings sections provide hundreds of insider reviews of the best hotels, hostels, restaurants, bars, shops and museums in every city and village. The authors also give an informed insight into India's history, politics, religion, music and cinema, providing a valuable context to the reader's trip.
Travelling 44,000 miles, at times in 140'F heat - for days without food, at times without water, at times in pirate-infested territories, at times in swamp-lands - they cycled through dense jungles and notched up many 'firsts' while pedalling round the globe. They were the first to cycle the world - six young boys from Bombay Weightlifting Club, who started this journey of adventure on 15 October 1923. Crossing the deserts of Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria and Sinai, they became the first globetrotters to cover the most arduous journey of their lives in four years and five months. A must-read story of adventure and endurance.
Soon after independence, Indian political leadership decided to pursue the attainment of four self-stipulated goals: to attain an improved standard of living through higher rates of growth, to establish a functioning political democracy, to achieve social equality through social re-engineering, and to make a quick transition in making government a servant of the public than being its master as was the case during the previous colonial regime. This book describes the journey from the past to the present in the articulation of these goals and evaluates the extent to which they have been achieved. This book is based on the belief that there is at work a principle of reciprocal causation between society and government. What society wants becomes a mandate for the government. That government is not a disinterested party and its actions, and failures to act, have an immense impact on the working of society. Premchand asserts that there is no aspect of civic life in India that is immune from governmental action. This relationship between government and society during the last six decades since independence is intensively examined. India is a land of paradoxes and surprises. The book covers political, social, and administrative developments during the last decades to provide perspective on the changing relationship between society and governments at various levels. This is followed by studies of the various ways in which classification systems are used in India today, the urban-rural divide, non-resident Indians as neo-change agents, emerging pattern of classes, and the resurgence of religion in everyday life. The final chapters deal with the vast range of discontents in governance, corruption and its impact on civic life, the myth of law and order, and the emergence of a public voice in policymaking. The work is fair, balanced, tough minded, and revealing. It is a must read for specialists, policymakers, and people worldwide for whom India is a civilization of inexhaustible interest.
