Hi, Tulika!

Well, Salman Khan cudn't make it but 4999 other cyclists did. Plus me. But for the sheer strength of the number, there isn't much else to ride about! Even though it was an event to promote the upcoming Commonwealth Games, many could not manage to overlook the sordid state of part of the route that stretched near C.P. More than anything, more than the flashy jackets, the VIP lounge area, and the cameras, more than the D.J. host, the most striking thing was the line up of cops across the…

It cuts through Connaught Place. The mass cycle road race at the Commonwealth Games 2010 has finally been approved! It will now start from in front of the Free Church on Sansad Marg and will no longer encircle the swimming complex in Talkatora stadium, as planned earlier.



The new route will now go through Connaught Place, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, Central Vista, and back to Sansad Marg. It will basically turn the public roads into a race track for the Delhi Games…

No, I wasn't wearing a helmet and was talking on the cell (both not advisable). But the rain played mischief. It started to pour heavily soon as I started my ride towards Tilak Marg. Damn. Do you wait it out under the shade of a tree or do you live the free life freewheeling down the wet wild roads dancing under the rain? I danced.

The stretch was empty, the sky overcast. Raindrops pelted on my blue Trek 3700 (not Firefox) as…

Such are the things you notice when riding on a bike and not zipping past India Gate in your air-conditioned car. So, while the 6.30 a.m. motorists rushed for an early day at work, I pedalled along the lake on the dust-laden stretch you cannot call a track, near Rajpath, India Gate. It is the popular boating lake, filled with tourists on weekends, and indifferently brushed aside by urban population as another eye sore with its dirty, marshy water. But that is exactly what is so lovely about…