Bu osu s ka shiru rosa, tren veryangadar. Tia da namter, mi puñat ye lo. Tidhe maji paat shalastari. Mithidhe dhaavar sho to, aadhika apra na nga moonar poeta. Anghe tamil ka tidhe rin na ya, aani di po na, love day. Chari. Bakao radiodkas, advises safety at all times. Discusses on the reach writing, what celebrates this period of motorcycling. And how? Asha, if I'm caught a break, I'm coming down to India. I'm coming down to India. Let's meet in Rishikesh. Pick up a couple of bikes and go to Kalka. I said, "Charo, done. Let's go." So, we meet in Rishikesh. Pick up the bikes. His bike was always stored in Rishikesh. I hired out a bike and we go to Kalka. And I'm talking to Leo. His name is Leo. I'm talking to him about life and all this trauma that's going on. He says, "Don't worry. It's going to be fine. Just go. Start your job. You'll come to know." And, you know, maybe your heart, maybe your mind, but you'll get to know what you want to do. And the next morning, I woke up suddenly, in a way, knowing what I wanted to do. And I sent an SMS to the guy in Pune. Okay. Maybe that was also a little bit of a moment because I was broken up with on an SMS. I decided to break up with this company on an SMS. And I said, "I can't go." So, I left Kalka, came down to Bombay, packed my stuff up. I basically just gave away all my stuff, moved my whole life. I had a truck load of furniture and things which I moved from Chennai to Bombay. Because that was my life and my house before. I used to restore old furniture as a whole day. That's something we just got away from. We'll get back to that. And I moved my life into a backpack and a half. And that was such a refreshing reboot. Have you ever seen a snow leopard? No, only in photos. What does it look like? It looks like a leopard but very well-fed, round, roly-poly, fat tail kind of thing. Somewhere in this conversation, Hashim talks about this. Of course, we've not been able to include it in this show. But he talks about setting up this place in Stoke, which is going to do next summer. And that has got access to this business pass which you cross. To go to the Margha Valley. And it's a three-day, four-day trek to get through that. And the best part of it is that, I don't know if we were game for it, but we should try it this time. That is pretty much the Hemi's National Park. Which is the home for the Wildcat. It's a matter of terrain actually because in part of Spiti also you find the so leopard. So back to Hashim with his experience on his rides in all over the country. Down south and up north. Not for nothing is he known as Karma Yathri. Oh yeah. And he goes east also. And he goes west also. And right now, just spoke to him. He's there outside Nashik. Tomorrow he'll be at the Pune festival. Is he at the Sula wine factory? I don't think. He probably told me some Dindori. Dindori. Dindori. He was there. And he's heading out to the Pune Superbike festival which is tomorrow. 7th December 2018. Yep. Cheers buddy. My way. Hi this is Hashim from Karma Yathri and I'm calling in from the town of Luckpat. It's a small town and a massive fort on the northwestern edge of Gujarat. So I'm basically on a long bike ride currently. And this is my symbolic start point of the trip. Because I'm planning to do a ride along the coastline of India. The idea was to begin on the western coast and go down all the way to Kanya Kumari. And then travel upwards on the eastern coast all the way to Calcutta. This is the start. I've been on the road for about 12 days now. Little upwards of 2500 kilometers which has been an experience by itself. But I'm really excited about this. So I began this journey in Himachal Pradesh in Parvati Valley. And then I traveled in Himachal for a few days. Came into Punjab, stayed in Amritsar for a couple of days for the food. Then crossed into Northern Rajasthan. Travel along the western edge of Rajasthan. Ended Gujarat. Went to Dolavira which is as most of you would know. One of my important in this valley civilization sites. I decided to stop my journey the previous evening. 40 km short of Lakhpat because for whatever reasons I thought. It would be amazing to catch the sunrise here. And this morning I came in and I guess the timing was perfect. As I climbed the fort ramparts to get the first glimpse of the Arabian Sea. I turned around and to my east was one of the most glorious sunrises that I've ever seen in the longest time. So amazing place, amazing timing, amazing everything. Lakhpat fort is incredible and it's unfortunate or maybe fortunate that not too many of us know about it. Massive fort, which houses Darga, Gurdwara, Temple. It's known as the Ghost Down of Gujarat because practically half the village is in ruins and is deserted. But it's just a place that's incredible. On the Biker Radio broadcast, this is Hashem and this is Maui. Maui. The Biker Radio broadcast, listen, connect right on. Hey, tell us, tell us, tell us something about your rides. The last two years? Yeah, more side to ride. Only more. Yes. I returned to India 2016 September. That was when the third edition of Kaita was going live. And I'd quit my job after being in France for three years. I returned to India. In 2016? September, beginning September. Or mid September. In 2015, September, I was in India and straight arrived landed in Delhi. That evening I had a bus to Kalga and I was there. I remained there for a month. Yeah, because our residence is for five weeks. So I spent a little time after the residency. And then straight away, I had a quick visit back home to Sri Nagar because my sister-in-law and nephew who I wanted to see. Now two and a half years old, that time he was just half a year old. Right. They were visiting. So, when there for a few days and in October, I started riding the motorcycle. So October was my first introduction to Sikkim. Right. So, I did about ten days of Sikkim. Right. And then ten days of Bhutan. Who's bike, what bike? Rented bikes, bike tour. There's a group of friends from Germany who ride with me practically every year. They wanted to do this ride. So, I gave me an opportunity to develop a vendor in the Northeast. Right. Which has happened now. Now we offer tours out of Baghdogra. Right. A touch fleet of motorcycles, some really nice people that we spend a lot of time with now over the past two years. So, Baghdogra becomes our gateway for Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan. I finished those twenty days of riding and flew to Chennai because my then girlfriend was French. She wanted us to live in Pondicherry. She knew that I couldn't live in France or I didn't want to live in France. And she was brave enough to say that she would attempt living in India and in her romance for a place. She decided that it would be Pondicherry. Obviously. Wow. And I had absolutely no issues with it because I lived in Chennai and Pondicherry. I'm quite familiar with it. And I like the area of being there. So, one week, settle in Pondicherry, get on the bike and long bike ride through the south of India, on the east coast. Okay. So, all the way to Rameshwaram, Danesh Kauri and then cutting inland through Madurai, Trichi, Tanjav, Gangaikwanda Chowla, all these places. Back to Pondicherry. Then Pondicherry ended up being the base and then a bunch of trips were happening. Some with motorcycles, some without motorcycles. It was also around the same time in Feb, early Feb when I was in Ladakh. Had gone for the stole opportunity. Yeah. And I called in and we spoke for the. You were at Khardoorah. So, I have friends in the forest department and lay. And what happened was I've been dying to see a snow leopard in wild. And while I wasn't able to manage to do that, but I've gone to labor because the wildlife department people called me and said that there's a snow leopard which has been rescued. Which is again a beautiful story that's playing out through the snow leopard conservations in Ladakh. Because, you know, it's been in place for about 20, 25, 30 years now. And they're doing such a phenomenal job. So much so that you know today, Lay is considered to be the snow leopard capital of the world. Wow. Really? Yeah. Thank goodness. The space where, earlier on, the locals were approaching. The locals were killing these animals of poisoning because there was the livestock conflict that was happening. Right. And two big events. One was okay. The fact that an organization came in and started setting up some systems in place to do something about conservation and educate and maybe even compensate the villagers. Lots. And his holiness, Dalai Lama, suddenly came into the picture and he said this was not only about the snow leopard but also about the tiger because one of the most important possessions any Buddhist can have is a cloak made out of the lining of the fur of a big cat. So a lot of the poaching that was happening is a lot of people don't talk about, especially in the Himalayan belt. Right. Was being encouraged or the market for end consumer for it was in Tibet or the Trans Himalayan Buddhist community. Just like ivory. Just like ivory but not there but there in China. So his holiness requested the people that this shouldn't be the norm and this shouldn't happen and explain to them the importance about conservation. Like how we had our Swadeshi movement and we burnt a lot of foreign goods. There's documented phenomena in the Trans Himalayan that happened where all these senior or a lot of the Buddhist people got their coats and they burnt them in show of solidarity towards this request. And that has had a very direct impact on the snow leopard and the conservation has and this was this beautiful story which had been played out in front of our eyes because this was a snow leopard which had been injured in a fight. It was a male which had been younger male which had been injured in a fight with an older male and it was the villagers that called the Wildlife Department which in the past may not have been the case because the injured almost dying snow leopard would have been fair game for them to sell to the poachers and get substantial money for it. Instead now a mechanism or a whole communication has been created in that region where by this guy the first people he called was the Forest Department. And then the Forest Department said it's strangers and they were able to get the animal treated and eventually release it into the wild. So ever since we got back from the raid I've been wanting to get in touch with Dushas and I thought it was a great idea what we started to do a series of you know expert talk on a subject and the great thing about in the podcast is that you can actually stop the podcast like you say a postcast right stop it listen to it again and again and again. Till you get it right right and so this time we have Vishwas SD on the bike radio sun board he was on bike number 202 on the radio while this year and he did come second in his category. So this is somebody who actually has been there done that and is likely to keep doing it for a while because he is really into it. One of the top acts in the country today right so here he is explaining motorcycle rally and how one can get into all different kinds of rally right and you know a step by step process of course we're going to take this further. So Vishwas SD on the bike radio sound board. Hey guys this is Vishwas SD from Bangalore and we welcome you all to the bike radio sound board on off road rallying. Any person who's got a bike with a driving license and the keen urge to test his riding skills and his bike ability can go ahead and enter himself into any racing or rally. However before he begins his journey he has to secure a document approved by the Federation of Motorsports Clubs of India. You can log into their FMSCI.co.in website get the documents downloaded read through and once you send them the application they'll approve and send you a license and there you go you become a valid FMSCI license folder to then be eligible to take part in any events. What we are discussing today is the off road rallying any terrain which has only gravel and dirt on it. The corners and the turnings being your obstacles. The one who finishes these corners are turning at a certain given time or the quickest becomes the winner. One has to have the ability to negotiate these slippery corners which have very little traction, have the right kind of bike, the right kind of riding gear and of course the right skill. And the guts and the bravery to combat these challenges. There are one day events conducted by the Federation of Motorsports Clubs. These are called the MRF Indian National Valley Championships which happen over a weekend. So any bikeer who wants to learn and understand could just end roll into this. Every state of India has its own motorsport club. For example in Bangalore we have this club called Karnataka Motorsports Club or else you can always contact FMSCI to get more details. With regards to the bike, a bike which has a single or a mono suspension at the rear and the front suspension having a little bit of travel at least 12 to 14 inches. The reason being you are going to be going off road and off road is village limits and country side roads which have a lot of hot holes, bumps and boulders and coffee escapes. So TSK is going down the hill, coming up the hill. So you need the right kind of bike which can take the beating and of course a really good reliable engine. So make sure you get in touch with a really good expert mechanic who understands what is required for off road rally and then prepares your bike. And then comes the most important part of your riding here. The right helmet, the right chest guard, the right back protector, shoulder guard, elbow guard, right set of gloves and a set of good trousers and motor cross boots which are very very essential. For a beginner I would recommend you get involved in the MRF Indian National Rally Championship. You understand the format of it, you understand how the registration is done, the riding is done, the timing, the check-in, the check-out, the service park and every other bit of it. And as you progress you can then get into these bigger rallies. So there you go guys, a little bit of knowledge about what is rallying and if you have any questions you can always shoot back to the bike radio broadcast team. Thank you so much again you guys, I was lovely there. Imagine you are in this country, your name is Hashim Kayum, you are in 2018, you are from Kashmir. Right. How much accountability is there on you and your name and your identity? Well for somebody who is looking for that I guess everything. Everything? Every minute. Yeah and that's the way things are at the moment, right? Like it or not? So that's the intriguing thing I found about our man. He uses absolutely hardcore Sanskritized Indian concept which is karma. He adds his passion of being a traveler to his name. If you look at it from a binary kind of vision, he doesn't belong there. Because his name is something and he comes from a place which is under dispute for whatever reasons, political reasons mostly. And as he calls himself to be an Indofile and there is no better hardcore person that I have come across for a while. Who actually lives his life being what this country is about? Diversity. All the way. So how do you explain this to somebody who doesn't get it? Because the road doesn't distinguish. Neither does the motorcycle. Do you think I know what to do? What? Listen. Connect. Right on. Hi, I am Bhushas Hashim Kayum. Keechu Bozal. Biker Radio Broadcast. What do you think about what's currently happening? And have there been instances where your identity or your name has caused discomfort, issues? It's an interesting question. Because frankly speaking, it is something that's on the mind of a lot of people. It's a hashtag. Biker. And with a name like hash. And to be honest with you, this was the first time in my life that I felt a little weird about saying I was from Kashmir. Or a little apprehensive about telling people I am from Kashmir. And at times about my name as well. Okay, one, okay, I am not a very common Muslim name. But someone can recognize it clearly. And essentially I had never encountered being a Kashmiri to be a problem anywhere in the country. Ever? Ever. Being a Muslim, sometimes yes, I mean a conservator of South Indian Tamram neighborhood trying to look for a house as a solo guy. Was not even the smartest move. But hey, I sometimes wasn't naive. I did attempt it. I got some very interesting answers. Yeah, but I got to lie about my name and the contract and all those things. And I didn't see it. Hashish. Yeah. Hashish. Hashish. Hashish. It's silent. It's silent. You're talking about how much you like good food. You have plain simple good food. The experience of comfortable food. Anthony Paul then. The man. Now we're talking. Now we're talking. Yeah. What a great one. And how much he taught us. And I had the privilege of working with him. And on his show last time he visited India. It was Punjab and Himachal. And yeah, we were lucky. I think. Then I say that. Yes. I feel phenomenally lucky. I mean, if the meteor had to strike, you were there. I was there. I was there. On that meteor strike, I was there. And as producers, the producers got in touch with me. I've been hit out of so well. And I do think, you know, also by what you have the fact that I watched the show. And I've been idolizing Anthony Baudin. A lot of travelers in India or the world. I kind of already felt from the first conversation and knew what they wanted. And I guess they felt it as well. And the part that was in Himachal, they asked us to do the fixing or light production for that. And eventually they asked me to be on the show as well. And I was basically taking, actually, Anthony Baudin and I had Kadhi Chawal and Rajmar. A little dhaba in a small village in Nishibla, or Gumbha. And they were having a mela that day. And I basically took him through the mela and eat jilebi. And basically told me about his stories in India, his previous travels. The fact that India is the only country he can ever imagine being vegetarian. Which all of us know why. And actually a very interesting relationship had developed with that production house because of that show. And two years later they wanted to do parts unknown in Kashmir. Because that was Anthony's dream as well to visit Kashmir and do a show. But because of the political situation, they had never been able to get permission from the channel. And finally, because that was a time when travel advisories on Kashmir had started to be lifted. And the embassies were saying it's absolutely okay to travel anything. So I was part of the creative team on that particular show. And Kharmayatri was going to be doing all the line production for the complete show because it was going to be in Kashmir. And one week before the show that Burhanwani incident happened. And you know what's tragic? Even more tragic. Is the fact that we were talking beginning of the production house. He was supposed to come back to India to do a show in the south. And again the production house was discussing with me to know what networks we had down south and what stories we could basically be exploring. And the next thing we hear is unfortunate, undimely tragedy. So we have this photograph of Anthony Borden on a Royal Infield. Yeah? Your wife? My wife. One of my wife's. Right. Yeah. Did he write it? No. He was not allowed to. Really? Why didn't I write it? Because he apparently is a person who also was quite legendary for getting into accidents. Things would happen to him. Right. And I think on a previous show recently. It also was there on Youtube. He was writing some sort of an ATV. Yeah. And then it was a clear thing from the network saying that no. Tony will not get on to a certain wake. Oh man. Yeah. It's too much a stake. Yeah. The Biker radio broadcast. Listen. Connect. Ride on. Buntar, Dishbin Hashem Kayom, on the ZHoran Biker radio broadcast. If you had the opportunity to ride with anyone from history, who would that person be? And why? But he. I told you about the very important person in my life that I lost my real life idol. He was not a celebrity. He is a celebrity or my celebrity. But he was as real as it gets for me. And I would love to ride a motorcycle with him. Wow. Yeah. It would be if I could turn back the clock. I would turn back for that. Yeah. Wow. Hashem Kayom, thank you so much for being on the Biker radio broadcast on the long way home. It's been a fantastic afternoon with you. The pleasure I must say is all mine. So thank you very much for having me. Yeah. I hope the food and the drink was alright. I mean, as it just makes the love of Delhi Hospitality. Oh, okay. Absolutely there. Hey, you had a butter chicken coming in. So that's it. That's it. Show some art. Show some art. But day after tomorrow, we're at the Delhi Biker Fest. Yeah, which our good friend, Joshua John, has been running for five years. Yeah, this is the sixth one and tried to him. It is something that we started our journey with. Yeah. We hadn't got an episode out and we landed there. Yeah. But we've come along with a baby. Oh, yeah. That was my best birthday gift, man. Yeah. Yeah. This time we're actually going to be part of it. I'm going to set up a live radio station. Yeah. So anybody who's going to be there. Yeah. We hope to have them on and talking to us at least for a little while. Yeah. And we'll try. We will be putting it out. Yeah. So just follow us on Instagram and on Facebook and on Twitter. And we should have the information out. All you have to do is just click on it. And you should be able to listen to the live thing wherever you are in this country or in this world. You can listen to the Delhi Biker Fest live from Maniser. The Warriors Village in Maniser. Yeah. We'll be broadcasting live. And we have a special guest. Oh, yeah. We're hoping to have a special guest with us too. Sujan Singh. Which is Sunni's Doodhwala. My name is Sujan Singh. I'm from Biker Delhi. I'm here to meet you. Biker Delhi Biker Fest. Delhi Biker Biker Fest. Yeah. He's going to be wearing a safari suit. You think so? Yeah. Or a monkey cat. I think you should convince him out of that safari suit. Okay. So he'll come. Let's see what he dresses up. He'll dress up as he normally does. Ninth of December. So Ninth of December 2018 at the Warriors Village in Maniser in Gurgaon. The Delhi Biker Fest. And you know where to write to us? Right. In case you ever want to write to us is mail at broadcast.com
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