Felicitation by Prince of Dubai -
Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammad
Al Maktoum
Here is another surprise, Prince Of
Dubai, Sheikh Mansour bin
Mohammad Al Maktoum invited
me on their National Day
celebrations and felicitated me
with an award for spreading
goodwill and friendship through
my travels. They made me feel like
a King with their fabulous
hospitality and grandeur.
Usually, motorcycles are not welcome
and bikers are chased out of
educational institutions. But when I
went to the IMA University in Dehradun
with a few fellow bikers during the
Vande Mataram campaign, they
welcomed us warmly and organized a
meeting with all their students to share
my experiences. I was seated between
the Pro-Chancellor and the Vice-
Chancellor. And when the students
started making a little noise, the Vice-
Chancellor took the mike and said "this
is a wonderful opportunity for you to
meet with a Legend. Don't waste a
single minute and learn from his
experiences". That made me feel like a
LEGEND.
Flagging off Wanderers rally in
Hyderabad
Though I am from Visakhapatnam,
Andhra Pradesh, very few know about
my adventures there. But when I finally
met the Wanderers of Hyderabad, they
With Royal Scion of Dubai
gave me the Nizam's treatment. There I
I met many illustrious figures and
met two legendary bikers. Sri Lalit Jain
members of the Royal family. They
who is successfully leading the country's
were intrigued to know about my
largest motorcycle club WANDERERS
journey and asked a lot of questions.
for a decade or more. The other is Sri
While I was talking to this Royal
Kalim Moochwala, a veteran biker who
scion seated in golden chairs, a
had decades of riding experience. Not
group of people were watching me
only his moustache but also his heart
from a distance. When I was ready
and his achievements are big. We went
to leave, one of the aides asked me
in a huge procession across the busy
whether a few Indians working
Hyderabad city with me sitting in an
there can meet me. They were
open -top Jeep of the jolly punjabi rider
elated when I met them and said
'Monty'. And when I flagged off this
admiringly "there are many Indians
here, but this is the first time we saw procession of legendary riders instead of
being somewhere at the back made me
a common Indian like us sitting
among the Sheikh and talking to
feel like a LEGEND.
them". My chest filled with joy and
made me feel like a LEGEND.