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Clear the mindspace
Mental health problems in our country are not just widely ignored but they also come along with social stigma. We have to change the way we think Recently, during a conversation, the line “Depression is a rich man’s disease” was mentioned. This was followed up by the fact that the poor...
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Change for the better
30 August 2019 | Kushan Mitra -
Any passenger comforts?
19 August 2019 | Kushan Mitra -
A bestseller on the cards
10 August 2019 | Kushan Mitra -
Italian Extravaganza
02 August 2019 | Kushan Mitra -
Drive what you need, not what you want!
26 July 2019 | Kushan Mitra -
The rise of SUVs
19 July 2019 | Kushan Mitra -
Do the numbers add up?
12 July 2019 | Kushan Mitra
Electric is the future
Hyundai is launching the electric ‘Kona’ next week, Audi has its e-tron about to hit the market. But the electric future of vehicles is not as simple as launching a few cars and motorcycles. First things first, there is no doubt that vehicular transportation is staring down the barrel of electrification,...
BMW Motorrad brings in S1000RR Superbike
Looks to dramatically increase sales in India this year BMW Motorrad, the two-wheeler division of the German automotive manufacturer on Thursday launched the latest version of the S1000RR Superbike in India with actor Shahid Kapoor rising in with the first motorcycle. The S1000RR features a 999cc four-cylinder inline engine with variable...
Automatics, automatics everywhere
Do you really care about the type of automatic transmission you drive? I recently found myself asking a peculiar question to some of my fellow motoring scribes, “Do you really care about the type of automatic that you drive?” Of course, they do, because they, like myself, are constantly bombarded...
Facing up to China
A needless controversy over the Rafale deal stalled major defence acquisition and development projects. But India has to start building and buying new equipment for strategic depth India finds itself in a unique position compared to most other countries in the world. Unlike the United States (US), it does not have...
What would Sherlock Holmes say?
The road between Coimbatore up to the Nilgiri mountains that overlook the city has clearly been resurfaced recently. It has some amazing turns and switchbacks. Despite the suicidal two-wheeler riders that seem to populate all hill roads in India, traffic is relatively moderate and even though the road is slightly...
Down in the dumps
Sales of cars and utility vehicles have taken a huge hit and upcoming changes in safety standards and emissions will drive sales even lower The past few months have been particularly brutal for the Indian automotive industry. Sales of cars, utility vehicles, motorcycles, scooters and heavy commercial vehicles have all fallen,...
Rock climber
The new Jeep Compass Trailhawk is ‘Trail Rated’ by Jeep. What does that mean? Well, we climbed up and down some hills in the Sahyadris to find out In the two years since the Jeep Compass has been launched, Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has sold close to 35,000 of them, coupled with...
