About Me

I am totally a Biker Enthusiast. I recently toured across the coastal region of India totaling 8800km in 25 days. It was to create awareness about polio among the people of India and help eradicate it. Always ready to go for long trips on my bike. I own a pulsar 220cc. I have been to the World's highest motor able road, Khardung La in Leh-Ladakh. The other places, that i have visited on my bike are, 1. Jaipur, jaisalmer, Bikaner etc., in February, 2010. 2. Dalhousie, Chamba,Khajjiar, Kalavan etc., in March 2010. 3. Bareilly, Nepal, Nainital, Badrinath etc., in March 2010. 4. Shimla, Kufri, Chail, Kasauli, Morni etc many a times. Frequent visitor!!! Other achievements of mine include: 1. Featured Pic in Danik Jagran 11th May 2009 2. Featured in Danik Bhaskar 11th May 2009 3. Featured in Hindustan Times April 2010 4. TEAM A2B's Coverage on << DAY & NIGHT NEWS CHANNEL >> 11th August 2010 - 10.30 PM -Video1 Video2 5. Featured in Bike India magazine, many a times, including my trip log of Rajasthan in the march edition. 6. I have performed in more than 5 stunt shows, in Chandigarh as well as the surrounding region. Planning to break many records and be one of the best riders not only in India, but in the world.

Journey of four years: The engineering

Now that we have come to an end of a beautiful saga of four years of our lives, i would like to revive some of the old memories since our first day of the college.

We had entered our college after being pampered for many years at home and in school. The first day at college seemed to be the worst nightmare when the groups of seniors came and ragged and bullied us. At first I wanted to leave this place and go away. But, after a few days, a beautiful relation of seniors and juniors developed amongst us and The seniors. Then the nightouts with friends and riding to the hill stations nearby, was like living your own life without any restrictions.

Then came the second year. We were seniors now and The Fatchas entered the college with the same ardor and zeal as we all had. We too ragged them and made them good younger brothers and many of them stood against us and fought. That bond grew stronger and stronger as the days passed. We still enjoyed our early years of college life to the fullest and started to bunk the classes as if we didn't care about that creature standing in the class and speaking unnecessarily for the next one hour. While sitting in the class, we would still make noises and Then the teacher would escort us till the door and humbly requested us to leave the class. Then came the final exams and we didn't know what to do other than making chits and writing on the palms and arms.

Then came the third year. This was the year when we were little worried about our future. Some of us got engaged in the preparation of CAT, few were for GRE and other entrance exams. But still we managed to enjoy our third year till the fullest. Sometimes the head of department would come to scold us, but all in vain. Final exams were taken in the same old way as in second year.

Then came the last year of our college life. It was then when we all started to worry about our future after the college life. Old grudges and rifts were solved in this year and many of them just enjoyed last year to the fullest. Booze parties, trips and picnics was what we all did in the last year. Being with your buddies till late at night is what I feel is the best part of your college life. We did nothing but enjoyed our last few days to the fullest and who shall see these days again in the life ahead?

These years will just be cherished as sweet memories throughout our lives and We won't get them back. In all, these four years were the best days of my life...

And one of my friends,, Parambir Singh Salar described these 4 years in his own words as

"sessionals.internal.externals.presentations.gogo.jaali-medical.freshers.jhankar.goonj.sopu.pusu.stu-c.chaa.paronthe.larhaiyaan.bai-kithe-ho.night-out.gerhiyaan.savitri-bai.9to9.pu-ground.akhand-path.shake-shop.hasna.rona.aoukha-hona.kasauli.mass-bunk.ashiqi.kaimbwala.grari.YAARI.4 years just seem like one whole day"

A new family member-Tweet!

Hi all,

I am hereby going to tell you all about our new family member called Tweet. He is a Black Labrador retriever. Ever since, I brought him home on 28th of April, 2011, I am in love with him like anything. He looks into my eyes like an innocent child and asks me for my love and licks me. I too hold him tightly in love. Its like he is a part of me. My mother, is also very fond of him, and sometimes keep shouting at me as he keeps littering around and creates a  mess in the house. But, still she loves him like her own son. He keeps roaming around my mom, as he wants to play with her. He holds her feet and starts licking her feet and asks that he wants to play with her.

My father too, when he comes from his office, plays with him. Tweet is like a baby in our house and has brought happiness in our home. Here are some of his pics.

Polio- The Last Inch.

Trip to Naina Devi from Mandi Gobindgarh(350km)

My father came back from the office and was having his dinner, when he asked me if I wanted to go to Naina Devi, the next day. I replied in  affirmative to his question. So, it was decided that we may leave at 8 in the morning. I slept at around 1 at night.

I woke up at 8:15 am, that too when my dad came to wake me up.Any how, I got ready in around half an hour and we had morning tea together. We left for Naina Devi at around 9am. It was a nice cloudy day with little showers of rain drizzling. So, we were on the way to Naina Devi, going via Sirhind, Morinda and Ropar. When we reached Ropar i.e. around 80kilometers from Mandi Gobindgarh at around 11am, we stopped to have our breakfast. It was Hari Sweets where we halted and had our breakfast. We had Chane and Bhature in the breakfast.

Then, after the breakfast, we left for Naina Devi. With lot of obstructions on the road, we started with the upslope of the hills leading to Naina Devi. While we were driving towards the shrine, we were met by some landslides. We had to wait there for good 30 minutes, till the workers cleared the roads. But, while waiting for the roads to be cleared, I didn't feel bored, as the scenic beauty around just stole my attention and left me spellbound. I clicked some pictures around. The roads were cleared now. So, we again started off for Naina Devi.

The drive till Naina Devi was too good. The famous Bhakhra river was flowing along the road. It was a very nice view. We reached Naina Devi in another half an hour and started the final journey towards the bhavan. We waded through the narrow streets towards the Shrine. It was a very crowded courtyard of the Shrine. It seemed as if many books were stacked together so as to leave no space to even let the air pass through it. All the people were chanting "jai mata di". Two of the worshipers got into quarrel, for one of them entered into wrong queue. The others said,' Mata ke darbaar pe ladne aye ho ya Maatha tekne?(Have you come here to preach or to fight)." While we were in the queue leading to the shrine, many monkeys came and started staring at us in anger. Some of the worshipers got scared and started shouting. I asked them to stay calm and not to look into the eyes of the monkeys. So, in another 5 minutes, we entered into the shrine. It took us 1 hour to reach the room where the idols were kept. It was only 100 meters away.

Finally, my parents took blessings and we moved out of the room. I didn't take blessings as I am an atheist. Then, we had some rest in courtyard of the premises. The cold breeze was blowing and it was a nice atmosphere around. After sometime, we started to go back to the parking, where our car was parked. Then, in no more time, our driver started off for the journey back to our home. He drove till Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab, and then boarded a bus back to his home, as we had to go further to Rajpura for dinner. So, I drove after that. We reached Haveli at  Rajpura at around 5pm. I had burgers at the Mc Donalds, while mom n dad had there dinner inside the haveli. So, after the dinner, we came back to our place. It was a 350 kms long trip and a very nice one.

P.S. Pics are here.

 Naina Devi

Teama2b Media coverage

Media Coverage

1.RIDING FOR CAUSE 

HEROES ON WHEELS: Gaurav Gupta (left), an engineering student and Deepak Sharma, a BA student from Chandigarh, ride across the nation to spread the message of polio awareness. The ‘polio warriors’ began their journey on December 28 from Chandigarh

2. Novel way to spread the message on polio

The Hindu

Rotarians Gaurav Gupta (right) and Deepak Sharma, who are on a motor bike tour from Chandigarh to spread awareness about polio, address a press conference in Vijayawada on Tuesday. Photo: V. Raju

With the objective of creating awareness about eradication of polio, two students and Rotaracts from Chandigarh – Gaurav Gupta and Deepak Sharma – have embarked on a tour across the country on motorcycle intending to log about 7,600 km in all.

The rally, which began at Chandigarh and will conclude at Goa, touching various cities and towns, including Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, Varanasi, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Chennai, Kanyakumari and Thiruvananthapuram.

Speaking to reporters during their arrival here on Tuesday, Mr. Gupta said the 25-day rally was funded by the National Polio Plus Committee of India for the Rotary Club. He said the PAIN (Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nigeria) countries were the only four countries in the world that were still reporting polio cases.

Mr. Gupta said both of them were trying to interact with the parents and educating them about the need to administer polio vaccine on January 16. The team asserted that efforts will be continued in association with several partner organisations and agencies till polio was totally rooted out from the globe.

Rotary Club of Vijayawada Krishnaveni president Ashok K. Sethi appreciated the youngsters for spending time and undergoing physical strain for a noble cause.

He said around Rs. 706 crore was spent in India by the Rotary International to eradicate polio through the WHO and the UNICEF.

The rally was flagged off on December 20 last year and it would conclude on January 20. The team will be leaving the city on Wednesday for Nellore en route Tamil Nadu and other areas in south India. The club secretary T.V. Krishna Rao and others were present.

Trip To kanyakumari

Trip To kanyakumari

Day 1: Chandigarh to Delhi

Day 2: Delhi to Agra to Kanpur

Day 3: Kanpur to Varanasi

Day 4: Varanasi to Dhanbad

Day 5: Dhanbad to kolkatta

Day 6: Kolkata to Bhubaneshwar.

Day 7: Bhubaneswar to Vishakhapatnam(Vizag)

Day 8: Vizag to Vijayawada.

Day 9: Vijayawada to Chennai.

Day 10: Chennai to Pondicherry

Day 11: Pondicherry to Madurai.

Day 12: Madurai to Trivandrum (320km).

 

 

How to mount a Camera on your bike???

Itinerary For India Tour.

Serial Number	Date	Place
1	29th December, 2010	Agra
2	30th December, 2010	Varanasi
3	31st December, 2010	Dhanbad
4	1st  January, 2011	Kolkata
5	2nd January, 2011	Bhubaneshwar
6	3rd January, 2011	Vishakhapatnam
7	4th January, 2011	Vijaywada
8	5th  January, 2011	Chennai
9	6th  -7th January, 2011	Pondicherry
10	8th January, 2011	Kanyakumari
11	9th – 10th January, 2011	Trivandrum
12	11th January, 2011	Mahe
13	12th – 16th January, 2011	Goa
14	17th January, 2011	Mumbai(or, Pune)
15	18th January, 2011	Ahmedabad
16	19th January, 2011	Via Rann of Kutch to Mt. Abu
17	20th January, 2011	Jaipur
18	21st January, 2011	Chandigarh

Riders- 2
Bikes- P220cc and P200cc
Proposed distance-8000kms
estimated expenses- 30000 per head

Tea with pakode at Kasauli- An ultimate tea.

It was a usual morning. I gave a call to one of my friends, Pamma. I asked if he wanted to accompany me to kasauli just to have tea. He just said yes and told me he would get ready in another hour. So I was supposed to reach his place in around 45 minutes. I had my breakfast at my hostel. Taking my gloves, wind cheater and helmet, I left for his place.I reached his place in around 10 minutes at 10:55am. So, we left for Kasauli at around 11:15am.

We then dared through the overly crowded roads of Chandigarh as well as Panchkula, and made it to a place somewhere on the way to Kasauli, which was around 35 kms away from Chandigarh. It was 12pm at that time. Clicked some photographs there.

Then we left at 12:15pm. I was enjoying every bit of the view of that beautiful nature running beside me. The cold breeze that blew around me, gave me an impression as if I were simply flying in the sky. Then at around 12:45pm, we again took some rest and clicked few more pics.

We had covered a distance of 45 kms by then. Then after sometime, we left for Kasauli, as it was the destination to our tea...:)... Then, at 1:30pm we reached Kasauli, around 60kms travelled.

Pamma took me to the tea stall, where he had always had his tea during his summers training in June, 2010. We ordered a piece of Gachak, 2 cups of tea, 250gms matrees and 250gms Pakode. Believe me, the stuff was too delicious to eat and that too in only 35rs. The cool weather added an awesome ambiance to have tea. It was just an awesome experience at that time. We had our tea with some cold air blowing and sometimes sun rays showering upon us.

Having our tea, we then moved to the lower mall to have fish fry there. But, to our surprise, we found that the market would be closed for the next 10 days, so the shop keeper did not keep enough stock of fish. The market is kept closed for 10 days in December every year as a rule made by the army there.

Disheartened, we moved towards a very beautiful trail called 'Gilbert Trail'. Pamma had discovered this trail while for his training in June. We then started off with the trail after parking our bikes. The trail is around 700mtrs long. We found an old person sitting at the corner of the trail reading newspaper. It was a nice view altogether. We kept walking towards the Gilbert Point with Pamma clicking pics all the way.

In no time, we reached the end of the trail. Seriously, it was such a beauty. I was feeling as if in heaven. Pamma left no angle to click the pics at that time. I sat on a bench facing the trench.

Aah! it was a relieving moment. We spent around half an hour there and then moved towards the bikes. The trail was some what risky. But it was good. We, then reached our bikes at around 2:45pm. Then left that place at 3pm.

We started our journey back. We reached Dharampur at 3:20pm. Then I started having a lot of fun driving after Dharampur, as I was curving my bike after about 6 months. Wow! The road was such a nice track for the ride. We reached Jabli at 3:45pm. There, I had mutton and rice while Pamma had Dal and Rice at Modern Dhaba near Mc Donalds. Mutton and Rice were too delicious.

We paid only 120 rupees for both. Then, started our journey way back to Chandigarh. The vehicles on NH21 were driving at speeds no less than 100kmph. I was almost scared to death when a speeding truck just overtook me. Whoa! I took a deep breath n kept moving. Anyways, we reached Chandigarh at 5pm.

*Total Distance- 130km

**Total Expenditure- 300rs per head.

Preparing for my trip to kanyakumari

Having thought of going for this trip since last two years. immediately after coming from Leh trip. I am preparing for the trip to kannyakumari, covering whole of the Golden Quadrilateral as well as the total coastal region of India. I was waiting restlessly for the month of December to come as I am going to Kanyakumari on the 30th of December. I completed with my exams on 6th of December.

As soon as i completed with my exams, I told my parents about my trip. To my surprise, mom was not much anti trip instead she was like, its your wish son. I was happy having heard that. My parents already knew about my trips to Nepal, Rajasthan, Leh-Ladakh etc on my bike, which I never told them that I am going to these trips. So, according to me, they now know about my passion of biking. That's why they were not so anti trip.

Ok, now I tell you about my preparations of the trip. I completed with my exams on 6th of December. Immediately after I came out of my examination hall, I started off to Sector-21, which is the most prominent place to buy things for the bike, such as helmets, bungee cords, gloves, puncture kit etc.

The things that I bought from the sector were front and rear tyres for my bike, as the earlier ones are ripped. Then I bought gloves, puncture kit and not to forget, a foot air pump. I am really not able to stay calm, as goose bumps keep coming to me. Only 22 days are left for the trip and I am so excited about the  trip that I feel like shouting like hell....

Now, I will write about my trip when i return. Take care till then!

trip to Dalhousie-Chamba-khajjiar-Kala top

At the start of the trip at 3am.

The halt at a bridge enroute Phagwara. Partik, Manav, Pamma, Navit and Me.

Me and Partik, enjoying the ride.

The itinerants taking rest. Vinny, Partik, Navit, Me and Manav.

Navit, Vinny and Partik striking a pose for the camera.

:)

During our lunch time. Pamma, Vinny and Navit.

At the Gandhi Chowk, Dalhousie. Me, Manav, Vinny, Partik and Pamma.

Me mesmerizing the beauty of nature.

Again me striking for a pose.

Me, Vinny and Navit enjoying sitting on a log of tree at a place somewhere between Dalhousie and Khajjiar.

Again we all posing for the camera.

Navit showing his wanderer looks... :)

Trying to climb it up to the hill.

Me, Pamma and Vinny on the way to Kala Top, which is in between Dalhousie and Khajjiar. Kala Top is at a  distance of 3km trek.

At last we all reached Kala Top. What a natural beauty it was.

The picture speaks itself. The rest house at Kala Top was established in 1925.

Some views at Kala Top.

Me and Navit Posing for the camera.

Partik, Vinny and Me, while on the way back to the parking where our bikes were parked.

We all in a single queue heading forwards.. 

The view of Khajjiar at night.

Some camera trick by pamma. Good job indeed!

Khajjiar in early morning.

My bike resting amidst the trees of the hills of Khajjiar.

At a petrol pump in Chamba.

On the way to Sach Pass.

Pamma and Me had got a fancy of these lambs and goats... :P

The landslide.

The policewalas at checkpost warning us of the terrorists that might be present ahead. 

They even cautioned us, if we were found doing some mysterious things then the army men their would even shot us. We were all scared literally.

The drive through a Landslide area. 

Water curtain.

We all pose.

Thats at Kalavan, 10 km to Sach pass... Though we couldn't make it to Sach Pass, but this place was equally fun too...

On the way back to Chamba from Kalavan.

Some dam on the way to Pathankot from Dalhousie.

This trip was a fun too... 

Total days- 3

Total expenses per head- 3000Rs

Bikes' conditions:

1. Mine- hunky dory

2. Pamma's- hunky dory

3. Navit's- foot rest broken and the chainset gave some problems. So he had to get his bike repaired at Chamba.