Hi. I'm a speech therapist in Pune specialising in treating fluency disorders like stammering (stuttering). I am also a writer and my first book ONE LIFE TO RIDE was published in June, 2008. For more info on my book can be found on its website www.onelifetoride.com. The book has received good reviews and is already into its third print order.
ONE LIFE TO RIDE – A Motorcycle Journey to the High Himalayas – by Ajit Harisinghani
Blurb:
Travelling across India on a motorcycle is an intimate way to get acquainted with its myriad cultures, each with their unique beliefs and lifestyle.
One Life to Ride takes you across the hot and dusty plains of India to the highest motorable road in the world — the fabled Khardung-La in Ladakh.
Along the way you'll meet Sufi saints, fake fakirs and homesick soldiers.
You'll get stuck in an icy road river and be miraculously rescued.
You'll feel the stress an average Kashmiri experiences everyday. You'll see how blind and dangerous religion can be if it is only followed in rituals and illogical beliefs.
You'll see how friendly and hospitable everyone is on the roads of India.
You'll come away feeling exhilarated, entertained and yes, also exhausted by the physical arduousness of the motorcycle ride.
Witty, reflective and honest, One Life to Ride is a daring, real-life adventure guaranteed to keep you turning the pages. Maybe even make you wish you were riding pillion.
The paperback and e-book book is on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007QRCX14
Reviews:
This is a rare book because, as the title hints, the rider is on the road to enlightenment. In lean elegant prose, he makes Robert Pirsig's cerebral Zen motorbike classic seem passé. One Life to Ride is a humane study by an author in command both of the nuts and bolts of his 350cc partner and of a guaranteed formula to get the rest of us out of our self-ordained rut. Freedom, which ought to be life's choicest gift, remains like the scent of deodars, tantalisingly out of reach for most people. The book's success is in bringing that elusive scent within grasp of the reader's armchair. Bill Aitken in OUTLOOK TRAVELLER
A good motorcycle adventure book will be just as interesting to non-motorcyclists also. These are stories written by people who understood the romance of the road, the nature of an adventure and who were eager to learn everything they could about different cultures and traditions. They also knew how to convey the freshness and excitement and awe to their audience. One Life to Ride joins that august club, because it too captures this essence. WebBikeWorld
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