DSD Season 2 Day 8: End of the road!
It’s the last day of Discover Smart Drive Season 2! Most teams are already at their final destination and are excited about their final tasks and to know which team has won. Here’s what happened yesterday: Team Gaadi: Bunny and Bobby From Pushkar, Bunny and Bobby drove to Jodhpur’s famous Umaid Bhavan palace. They reached [...]
DSD Season 2 Day 6: The competition heats up!
With just a couple of days left of the Discover Smart Drive Season 2, teams have begun paying close attention to the leaderboard and are eyeing the top prize. Today Team Gaadi will explore Jaipur while Team Bhai Giri drive through scenic South India and Team Geckos navigate the east coast. Here’s what happened yesterday: [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Curtains fall on a grand tour
Whooooooosh…the Ford Figo caravan zoomed into the final destination of the Ford Figo Bharat Yatra, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. It was October 19and the Maharashtra-Orissa segment of the Yatra was culminating. A welcome tent had been set up to receive the Figo team and celebrate a triumphant 84 days on the road. This cross-country took the team [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: A day at the southern tip of India
There’s a lot about Tamil Nadu that makes it one of the richest states in heritage and tradition. Did you know that the earliest examples of Tamil writing date back to 1000 BC? Or that Bharatanatyam, which originated in Tamil Nadu, gets its name from the Hindu sage Bharata Muni? Another interesting fact regarding Tamil [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: From selling Figos to sampling red hot chillies
With two spot bookings under their belt in Amritsar alone, the Punjab Figo team arrived in Majitha, Punjab on Saturday ready for a fruitful and fun weekend. Majitha is known in Punjab to be the home of Majitha Sridar (chiefs) clan, generals of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s army during the first half of the 19th century. [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Figo in the land of kings
Did you know that the city of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh was once the dwelling place for kings and queens? In fact, even the public library, Rampur Raza Library, once used to be a palace. The Ford Figo Bharat Yatra team members got a chance to take a peek at the royal history of Rampur [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: A land enchanted
Ever so often you come across something that captures your imagination, leaving you mesmerized and spell bound. It could be a fleeting melody, the vastness of the ocean, the scent of a flower or as in the Yatra’s case – the grandeur of the snowcapped Himalayan ranges. On September 3rd, nestled in the bosom of [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Rajasthan weekend getaway
The Ford Figo Bharat Yatra team drove through the rocky Aravalli range this weekend. The dusty, yet majestic protrusions mixed with lines of green hills made the road trip from Balotra to Barmer wonderfully pleasing to the eye. On a couple occasions, they passed rows of Rajasthani women in their colorful gypsy skirts, singing folk [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Our Discovery of India
Did you know that India is home to the longest barrage in the world? And, Farakka, a small town tucked away in the district of Murshidabad in West Bengal, is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as home of that barrage! Well, our Figo team was not aware of it until they arrived [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Karnataka falls head over heels for the Figo
July 6 was not an ordinary morning for Mangalore, a port city in western Karnataka. The usually bustling and chaotic city market seemed empty and deserted. Besides the odd customer here and there, there was hardly any movement in the marketplace. On the other hand, the typically quiet and peaceful side of town was humming [...]
