India

In a rally car on a tricky road in Marrakesh, Morocco, navigating heavy traffic is not exactly the kind of situation where you’d be struck by life-altering inspiration. As it turns out though, that was exactly when Aravind Bremanandam decided to organise the Rickshaw Challenge in India in 2006. “I was in a 400-dollar car,...Read More

Aamir Khan has come up with a unique marketing strategy for 3 Idiots. He has printed stickers for autorickshaws that say ‘Capacity: 3 Idiots’. The rickshaws have been introduced in the city and are plying in both central and western suburbs. Full article hereRead More

Briton Paul Haran wore his radiant red Ferrari suit, put on his racing gloves, took his road map and jumped into ‘Nigel Manzil,’ one of the 13 colourful autorickshaws that accelerated their way towards the roads of one of the most rugged terrains in India. The third annual Mumbai Xpress Rickshaw Challenge, which flagged off...Read More

A nice piece on tuk tuks from a billion reasons to visit india blog: Motoring through crowded streets in auto rickshaws (aka tuk tuks), is my favorite mode of transportation in India. They are loud. They are subject to the wind and rain. They miraculously come within millimeters of pedestrians, cows, scooters, bikes, and other auto...Read More

Hindi lessons and more useful information/features on Live Mint Radio “The Expat Show” Hindi Haggling 101 Learning to greet Hiring an autorickshaw More stuff hereRead More

Yes, more text and lots of Pink stuff on the Rickshaw Challenge, this time in the illustrious Kungumam Magazine, which is the top-selling Tamil weekly magazine in India. Check it here     Read More

Want to buy or rent a Auto rickshaw ? , you are in the right place with PIMP MY SHAW as your Trusted Source. Just ask Dave Potts who bought 2 of them last month: “After hearing that it can take between one month and two years to get a Auto Rickshaw (if you can get one...Read More

See below some of this year pranks – no rickshaw stuff so far… Google, which has a long history of April Fools trickery, has a link on its home page today that reads, “Introducing CADIE: a singular upgrade to your online life” that stands for Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity. It links here, to an announcement...Read More

With the Indian Autorickshaw Challenge, Aravind Bremanandam has built a brand around the humble tuk tuk. Pitted roads. Desert sands. Hilly terrain. Hairpin bends. The Budapest to Bamako rally (also called ‘The Great African Run’) tests driving skills. For most participants, this annual trans-Saharan rally is an addiction. But no amount of e xperience seems to...Read More

Check out Heather and Kate (aka The Indian Swiftlets) driving  their fabulous pimped out pink rickshaw in the last Classic Run – the new year rickshaw challenge from Chennai to Kanniyakumari. There is 2 of them below, a bit short but to the point, plus there is nothing better than driving a pink rickshaw in India and jamming...Read More