The ASC Tornadoes team built a monster bike, using a 500cc Royal Enfield as the base machine to create a world record of mounting 58 men on a single bike that remains unbroken till date
Stunt riding is fraught with risks most of the time, and even the best in the business can bite the dust. But it takes inner steel to get back in the saddle of a bike after a severe injury.
The Shwet Ashw team of the Corps of Military Police set the benchmark for motorcycle display riding teams even as it continues to break new ground.
Royal Enfield has kept its strong links with the armed forces alive by periodically introducing limited-edition motorcycles that pay tribute to the sword-arm of the nation.
In the month of May, the power cruiser tallied over twice that of Royal Enfield’s entire 500cc range combined!
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.