India

Firang CEOs + autorickshaw ride = tourist-safe India Ride was part of initiative to renew foreigners’ confidence in Mumbai post 26/11 terror attacks Fifty corporate biggies of different nationalities went sightseeing in Mumbai in autorickshaws yesterday. The joyride was part of an initiative to change visitors’ perception of urban India, which, the hosts said, suffered...Read More

DHL India employees go wild with a special custom autorickshaw adventure! Mumbai, India. February 15, 2009 – The India branch of DHL Global Forwarding just treated its employees to an unforgettable a day of team-building challenges that involved driving and racing autorickshaws – motorized, three-wheeled vehicles that are an iconic symbol of the Indian subcontinent....Read More

Autorickshaw driver AMAL is content with the small but vital role he serves – driving customers around New Delhi as quickly and safely as possible. But his sense of duty is tested by an eccentric, aging billionaire, who, moved by Amal’s humility, bequeaths him his entire estate before passing away. Now, with only one month...Read More

Besides our annual rickshaw races: Mumbai Xpress, Tech Raid, Classic Run and the Malabar Rampage, we also organize custom rickshaw adventures for Corporates, Groups and Individuals based on their requirements. You choose the details: what, when, where, and how  –  and we take care of the rest. We call it  – Your Adventure. We can also put together...Read More

The Rickshaw Challenge Classic Run 2009 lush new year’s voyage through South India has ended on Jan 8 with all teams making it to the finish line. (with their rickshaws!:) We are proud to announce that the A-team; Charles Vignoles and Craig Scott are the winners of this year race, which like previous ones was...Read More

Rickshaw, the popular mode of transport in India, will soon ply the streets of the East Midlands town of Leicester, better known as ‘Little India’. Rides will be offered to shoppers and tourists free as the rickshaws will be sponsored by companies which will have their logos displayed on the sides.  Similar rickshaws were introduced in...Read More

Fourteen teams of world travelers will kick of the New Year 2009 with an epic 11-day endurance race which will see them making their way across southern India in auto rickshaws. In what is hailed as “An amazing race for the clinically insane“, the 2009 Classic Run is an endurance motor rally organized by Chennai...Read More

In the light of the Mumbai attacks, travel writer Beth Whitman gives 4 reasons why you should still travel to India: 1. India is a huge, sprawling country The chances that something will happen to you are miniscule. Imagine canceling your trip to Italy because there was a bombing in Ireland. You wouldn’t even consider...Read More

India’s leading travel search engine, Zoomtra.com, has launched a contribution platform for travel bloggers. The platform named Travel Blogs is a collection of hand-picked blogs written by some of the most eminent travel bloggers of the country. It is a one-of-its-kind platform that will enable travel bloggers from India to showcase and share their travel...Read More

The Gujarat government is planning a fleet of distinctively coloured auto-rickshaws, very different from the green-yellow paint combination of three-wheelers plying the state roads today. It plans to offer a toll-free number, ‘109’. And it wants to turn the rickshaw into the poor man’s Rolls Royce with services such as phone, newspapers, bottled water and...Read More