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Biker Radio Rodcast is a podcast on motorcycling in India, celebrating her heroic riders, legendary mechanics and iconic builders through stories told by members of the community, one legend at a time. These are portraits in audio of the people who ride, fix and build motorcycles; their journey and their enlightening learnings from the road they have travelled on. Awarded The Whickers in the UK and with a BBC Sounds audio documentary to boot, the RODcast (Radio On Demand) is a proven example ...
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Ton Up ! Welcome to the 100th episode of the Biker RadioRodcast where we're celebrating not just a milestone but a journey—a road we’ve built and traversed with passion and dedication. Our love for this podcast, our steadfast steed, mirrors the legendary bond between the glorious Rajput king Maharana Pratap and his brave horse, Chetak. Their camara…
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Behind the stories that auto journalists write lies their own story. The story of a boy from small town India and the wheels that have kept turning for him, taking him places. His love for touring is perhaps only matched by his love for the six string. Preetam Bora is a senior auto journalist from Car&Bike, one of India's leading auto jourmals Hone…
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Malkiat Singh Hoonjan is the road captain and a mentor with the Legendary Sikh Riders of Canada, a unique motorcycling club in the world. Their flaming kesri turbans and long flowing beards make them stand out as they establish the pride of their Sikh identity amongst other formidable motorcycling icons in the west. Whether it's mechanised heavy ma…
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Motorcycling has always attracted the contrarian like a moth to the flame. Independent and sometimes revolutionary ideologues like Che Guevara have used it as a vehicle to test their idea on wheels. One would have to be blind to ignore that we too now live in challenged times where around the world democracy seems to be squeezed into an ever narrow…
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We’ve always had Gul Panag on our guest wishlist; not because she’s been a top model, a Miss India, a famous film and TV actress; but for being an outdoorsy motor heady kind of person… and that despite her stardom. She’s a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, a pilot, a runner, a fitness buff, a dog lover, an entrepreneur, a conscious citizen and …
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If dirt were Dollars, Ravit Singh Dhillon would be the kingof Wall St. At the 94th milestone on the Biker Radio Rodcast wefeature Frisco kid, champion motocross and dirt bike rider and now Reise Motorsport’s lynch pin for the CEAT Indian Supercross Racing League, Rey Dhillon. Rey’s been flirting with dirt since he was a kid growing up in Dansville,…
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Till now we've heard of the amazing person in Adil S Nargolwala. This time we get to understand the competetive animal that he is and what fuels this extreme athelete to keep on climb his personal peaks. This seminal identity creator has always been at the core of our enquiry and Adil did not dissapoint us as he motored his way through the sallies.…
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For every Everest that looms large, the trio of belief, discipline and prep shall enable one to conquer it. But to be playful while at it; that’s something worth digging in to…Adil S Nargolwala is Head Talent Acquisition at WNS Global Services. A biker, a rally racer, an FMSCI certified rally marshal, an entrepreneur, an active farmer, a marathon r…
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If dopamine was the currency, a drag race would be THE casino on overdrive. A place to claim everything that the mind craves for. Glory, fame, belief, power and above all an identity to match your swag. The Valley Run is India’s casino of ⁠Elite Octane⁠ where ⁠Rongom Tagore Mukerji⁠ plays Bugsy. He’s built the event from the ground up and today, in…
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Shardulshot into fame when he nonchalantly walked into the Red Bull Romaniacs, what can be considered as the toughest motorcycle race known to boyhood and into the category that’s reserved for none lesser than warriors – THE IRON CLASS. That’s the class where adrenaline becomes haemoglobin. If you win, you are Thor. If you complete the race, you ar…
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Another momentous milestone with a man whose enthusiasm for life is infectious. Anand Dharmaraj's quest and wanderlust outpace the adversities that are served an eager middle finger. The presiding deity of three enterprises; Indimotard Adventures, which is a curated international ride experience, Greasehouse Garage, which is somewhere between an IC…
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The Carberry is a 1000cc British V Twin designed in its days by Paul Carberry and Ian Drysdale, coupling two 500 cc Royal Enfield engines with a custom built crank and mounted to a Royal Enfield frame. A firestarter of a motorcycle, this rocket is being built to comply with BS6 norms in India by Dream Engine Manufacturers a pet project of Jaspreet …
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Believe it or not, ace national rally car driver, Arjuna awardee, Gaurav Gill arrived on the rally circuit and took it by storm on a motorcycle. He beat the best sending seismic shocks across the country. But what still defines this lad is the hunger, to win; period. We met on the sidelines of the 2nd Outback festival in Leh and chatting up Gaurav …
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Life’s battles don’t always go to the faster or stronger man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the man who thinks, he can.This is the story of faith, of friendship, the highs and the abysmal lows. It is about looking at fact in the eye and learning to live with it. It is the story of the coming of age. The Long Way Home story with Gursaurabh…
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Chefs who are bankers who are foodies who are bikers ! The new face(s) of 'food for thunk' on the Indian horizon, we dig in with The Big Forkers duo of Shashank Jayakumar and Sid Mewara; fan boys of Anthony Bourdain's culinary ecapades who now have a TV show of their own on Discovery dropping Sep 11th 2023 called I should have STAYED HOME. "Take it…
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In episodes 81 and 82, you’ve heard the first and the second part of the Maral Yazarloo trilogy that meanders through her childhood, her formative years and her epic ride around the world, travelling across continents. Her co-rider, Pankaj Trivedi had, due to medical reasons, drop out in South America leaving Maral to accomplish the rest of the rid…
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Picking up from where we left it on episode 81, Maral Yazarloo is accomplished rider, world traveler, artist, business owner, animal lover, tattoo lover, a hopeless jewel junkie, beyond cure unless we’re talking manicure. Maral Yazarloo is a fashion designer and the owner of the House of Maral Yazarloo brand. She’s a wife a mother and a strong and …
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A 'chashme baddoor' daughter of Iran, a world traveler, who’s gone on a worldwide ride from India to Iran taking the Long Way Home across over 64 countries, spanning 18 months and even riding thru Africa and Europe all by herself, despite being 6 months pregnant riding a BMW 800 GS. She is a daughter, a sister, a mother and a a wife. She’s got an M…
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A 'Bonafide Saint' albeit charged a sinner, Wg. Cdr. Retd. Koka Rahul Rao is a son, a husband and a father. He's been a fighter pilot, a racer, a national level rallyist, a navigator, a mechanic, a dog lover, a farmer, a golfer, a chef and a bonsai specialist. Tall, dark and handsome, it would be unfair to fault him for his affinity for wine, women…
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Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and gray Look out on a summer's day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul... An associate creative director at Ogilvy Mumbai, the painter at heart who’s discovered a penchant for riding; Ganesh Shinde’s evocative story is that of a man who far from being born with a silver spoon in his mouth was de…
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One of India's senior travel and auto journalists who's spent over two decades exploring exotica across the Indian landscape and also all over the world. Rishad Mehta’s pieces featured across India's top magazines are insightful, well measured and delightfully original. He's also authored three travel books; Hot tea across India, Fast cars and fidg…
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Yari hai imaan mera yaar meri zindagi...Friendships have defined the life of Bobbee Singh. He's valued each relationship and each of those relationships has helped Bobbee as he's made his way through his troubled years almost to a point of a self correcting being. Learning from every loss and building on them until he makes a success of it.The tril…
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Rebellion is an infliction. Wired to rebel even against one’s self, the only peace one can derive is the proximity to the answer … why rebel? Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles leads a life that is charged, intense, dramatic yet Spartan. Behind the liveries and the grandeur is a man living in his quiet riot at an ease he has winnowed. He’s an ac…
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Our platinum episode features rare-earth restorer of vintage Royal Enfields, the one and only Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles. The side car revival man, he is India’s most sought after artist who can breathe new life to ever rare barn finds into motorcycle heirlooms. He stirs up nostalgia, celebrating the days when all good things in life, wa…
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It perhaps all started with the cave paintings. A canvas perhaps of one’s identity. The most prized portrayal of one’s achievements. As time went by the expression found its place as the mantel piece, or the framed photo with a celeb, the Hussain in the living room, but the Yamaha RX 100 in your bedroom? That is our guest, the enigmatic Parakram Ha…
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Parakram Hazarika's is one of the coolest beards on the circuit, he’s a #foodie, a #pogonotrophe (thanks Shashi Tharoor), an ex PR and communications man Friday, a social media marketing specialist, ex customer experience lead at Harley Davidson with the key responsibility of the Harley Owners Group or H.O.G. a vibe he liked so much, he even likes …
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56 Days, 17000 kms, 4 girls, 6 countries across #India, #Bangladesh, #Myanmar, #Laos #Thailand and #Cambodia. Jai Bharthi leads from the front and that is a brutal sport as it takes a combination of thinking on our feet and calculated belligerence to make headway. There of course is always a price to pay and the scars you carry are for life but the…
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Self-actualisation is a hunger, un-famished, self- fueled in perpetuity powering the wheels of a spirit called Jai Bharathi. The name says it all. Inspired by ‘Udaan’ a TV show hosted by #KiranBedi, that showcased the unprecedented achievements of less than ordinary people to positions of power and acclaim, this girl from #Hyderabad has made women’…
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Would you ride around the #Himalayas for seven and a half weeks, then finish a five day #RaidDeHimalaya successfully and then ride across all the way from #Kashmir, right across India through #Myanmar, #Thailand, #Laos, #Vietnam, #Malaysia, #Singapore and then onwards from #Darwin to #Sydney in Australia? What if your 10 year old child and your wif…
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Wrap your head around this one; he’s an athlete, a keyboardist, a coder, a financial analyst, a guitarist, a hiker, a biker a national medal winning racing cycler, a father, a son, a husband a friend, a photographer, a music producer, a painter and them some. He’s walked for weeks on end among glaciers signing off on a no rescue agreement with the …
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Shutterbug, motor head, architect and biker, armed with a sharp wit, a sharper tongue, never bothering to measure his words; only numbers as a design implementation manager with the luxury hotel trade moving on to real estate before joining GMR’s battle room at the IGI airport in New Delhi. We're back with the concluding episode of Mihir Misra on t…
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A father of two sons, a husband, a friend, he’s an architect, an artist, a photographer, a problem solver, a biker, a single malt lover, a catador, a carnivore, a motorsport junkie, a wild lifer, an admirer of big engines in small cars, slow cooking and slow driving in a world that is rushing to get a speeding ticket. Please welcome our latest frie…
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Biker Radio Rodcast embarks on its 66th episode of the Long Way Home featuring an iconic café that has become a sanctuary for DIYers but is essentially an overgrown man cave that doubles up as a garage, a tattoo parlour, a rescue home for pets, a kitchen for the hungry, and a hangout for motorheads as country Midwest meets the dhaba slam bang in a …
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The vision of foreigners travelling around India on vintage Royal Enfield rentals from Karol Bagh is a story that has intrigued us for many reasons. Until then, most Indians took a train or a bus and the better heeled took a car or a van to go on a vacation because the motorcycle was considered unreliable perhaps even unfit for travel. Just like th…
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The Motozeil Experience was a motorcycling utopia unheard of in India. A motorcycling experience zone which was a combination of an international motorcycle accessories store, a rental, an touring company, a restaurant, a brewery, a tattoo shop and a builder’s workshop spread across over 20000 square feet on the Golf Course Extension road in Gurgao…
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When passion, skill, ambition and failure come together in one melting pot, it churns a butter known locally as "noni makkhan" ... the creamy goodness of success. Co Founder and CEO Motoziel, a motorcycling experience zone well before its time; BB weaves a yarn that takes him from fashion tech thru motorcycles and down to Earth in farming. He’s a s…
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There are some who face life’s battles with a tankful of gas and then there are those, who don’t. Some use the ride to think things thru and some who do it to abandon thought itself… Sukesh Viswanath is a thinking man. A cinematographer, he’s good to go on land, in the air and underwater as well. Born to academicians, Sukesh is well read but his pe…
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You could be forgiven for assuming he missed the Aussie cricket team bus, because he’s tall, wiry, athletic and demonstratedly antipodean in every sense of the word but get a selfie as your jaw drops when he lashes out in the Terrai lingua franca. He might have two left feet but he sure can yap in chaste Hindi. And why not… Born Australian he's spe…
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O Calcutta! …because some journeys take you inwards… A pioneer of the digital media in India, an advertising and media veteran, he’s a motorcycle rider, an excellent photographer, a whiskey lover, a music priest, a beard grower, an animal lover, a voracious reader, a movie buff, copybook TDH, a doting husband, crisis chef and a traveler in love wit…
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Motorcycle rider, outdoors man, off road explorer, mountain goat, DIY specialist, electronics enthusiast, meticulous planner, social media distance err…and work from anywhere practitioner. On a fireside chat Jobin George, who’s made Zanskar almost his backyard, frequently riding among the inhospitable terrain, shares what seduced this hermit from K…
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Sometimes a square peg is exactly what you need in a round hole…especially if the whole thing needs to be rethought. Rohith Subramanian imaginatively christened @misfitmagellan, prefers to square up with the hole sellers and the nay sayers as he does over 50 countries on his motorcycle in less than 4 years, on a budget and a quest. While some of us…
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A traveler, artist, dreamer, entrepreneur, explorer, content creator, coffee lover and a very avant-garde human being, Rohith Subramanian celebrates everything life has to offer, from free wardrobes to sleeping in busses, from International travel to demonetization in a brothel and from the joys of riding through Patagonia to looking at death squar…
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"DAKAR", the toughest race in the world is "A challenge for those who go and a dream for those who stay behind." Courtesy of this great conviction and a modicum of madness peculiar to all great ideas, it attracts the world’s toughest challengers like moths to a flame where cars, trucks, quads and motorcycles compete for glory. Its toughest on a mot…
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This is the story of an unassuming champion who almost stumbled on the sport of, off-roading, at the age of 34 and made it his own, overcoming challenges of age, resources and then some. This is a story for that victor that lies hidden in your soul. A marine engineer by profession, the value of the time he spends on the high seas seldom equals what…
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Imagine you have an inspiration and it lodges itself deep in your subconscious. Sooner than you know it, that seed germinates and an idea is born, gradually taking over your mind until you are driven, to the point of obsession to, live it, love it and build it. This is the story of a little boy who stood gobsmacked in awe of a war ravaged vintage, …
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Imagine you have an inspiration and it lodges itself deep in your subconscious. Sooner than you know it, that seed germinates and an idea is born, gradually taking over your mind until you are driven, to the point of obsession to, live it, love it and build it. This is the story of a little boy who stood gobsmacked in awe of a war ravaged vintage, …
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There’s a man behind every motor. One who toils hard, away from the arc lights and the smoke guns of the PR events. He’s never felicitated at an awards function nor will you find him at the launch of a new ride. He’s the Unknown Soldier, the man who has dirt and grease under his nails but is the brightest engineer in the stable, a true martyr in th…
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The Alchemist is back to refine our golden episode. On the 51st episode catch him reveal what goes on before rolling out a set of wheels from the factories. From Rajiv Bajaj, Sid Lall, Anand Mahindra to JRD, Adil has his take. Arguably the top Indian auto journalist, Adil wears the crown choosing a light head for balance. The concluding part of a t…
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