ISSUE 12 | DECEMBER 2019
BIKERS CLUB ® | MAGAZINE | PAGE 09
CHILDHOOD RIDING : HOW IT ALL STARTED?
I was a book worm, studious, always first in
class, class monitor, school captain, always
active, discipline, serious, sportsperson
(mostly interested in badminton and basket
ball) and short tempered but Being from
army background I changed more than 5
schools in different states of India. My father
is an ex-serviceman, served in Indian Army
for 27 years and my mother is a housewife.
Grown up in Army quarters with people from
different states which made me more curious
about their culture, tradition and food when I
used to hear about their places. Drawing
pictures and listening to Bollywood songs
were my hobbies. I always believed that I was not born for one
corner, that I always wanted to travel but
never knew what my path would be or where
it would lead me till I bought my own bike to
ride. I can still recall how happy I was on the
day I welcomed my Royal Enfield Classic 350
into my home and life.
GROWING UP & EDUCATION
I was a student of Arts stream with
Economics major but due to some personal
issues I couldn't complete my regular degree
course. Later, I had completed my
graduation from distance education program
and finally succeeded to complete MBA in
Human Resource. I worked for many
organization in Telecom, Retail and
Automobile sector. My last job was HR and
Chapter manager in Brahmaputra Harley
Davidson in Guwahati.
STRUGGLE
There was a time when had I faced really
bad time, when even my parents didn't
support me and I had to leave house for 5
years. I worked for 11 years and saved
money for my daughter's education and to
fulfil my dreams too. I am a single mother of
a 16 years old daughter. She is now in Pune
studying in Mahindra United World College.
The most challenging part was to complete
my own education with my daughter's
schooling at the same time and the funny
part was that we were studying together and
giving exams on the same day, coming home
and asking each other about the exam. In
2017, when I got assured that I have enough
money for my daughter's education and to
fulfil my dreams, I quit my job and started
travelling on my bike. Since last two years I
am travelling.
It took me 11 long years to settle down, and
earn money in order to fulfil my dreams. I
consider working with Titan Company was
one of the best decisions of my life, it was
the very decision that helped me to earn
some good money while simultaneously
taking my first steps towards my dream.
When I bought my motorcycle, I went to
nearby temple and prayed that "Thank you
God for giving me this new beginning to fulfil
my dream of traveling and I need your
blessings so that I can live better and travel
more and farther because to reach here I
have really worked hard and you know that
too."
The very first journey on my bike was from
Guwahati, Assam to Leh-Ladakh. As soon as
I bought my motorcycle, I decided that this
was it, I have to go to Leh. It was a month's
plan and absolutely new experience. I was
dummy and had zero knowledge of
maintaining motorcycles. It was the first time
that I ever bought accessories, merchandises
and riding gears that I couldn't comprehend
my excitement, but the toughest part was to
make my parents understand my desires of
travel and urge to fulfil that but that struggle
went on for long and is still going on even
after 3 years of riding.
I took a dep breath and started my first ever
ride. The first hurdle I came across was in
West Bengal on the second day itself while
crossing the forest area. The road was
considerably narrow and a truck hit me from
the back, I was frightened ! Thankfully, I was
in riding gears that saved me from any
serious injuries. It was the day I came to
know about the importance of safety gears.
My parents were extremely worried as I was
about to cross Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and
according to them it was not safe. However, I
met some really good people in Bihar and
Uttar Pradesh and reached Delhi.