61: TMS Specials: Around India on Trucks and Highways with Rajat Ubhaykar
Publisher |
Saif & Faiza
Media Type |
audio
Publication Date |
May 11, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:49:56

This week, The Musafir Stories speaks to Rajat Ubhaykar, a journalist from Mumbai who talks about his journey around India on trucks and highways!

Today's destination: India!

Nearest Airport: n/a

Nearest Railway Station: n/a

Prerequisites - n/a

Packing - n/a

Time of the year - April

Length of the itinerary: n/a

Itinerary Highlights:

  • Rajat talks about his roller coaster of a journey traversing India on trucks as he set out to document the lives of truckers and the highway economy of India.

  • Rajat's journey was covered in 2 legs, first leg was Mumbai-Srinagar-NE, the second leg covered the eastern and western coastlines of India.

  • Rajat talks at length about the lives of the truckers, the kind of stereotyping they are subject to, the reality of life on a highway, and how things evolved over the 2 years of his journey.

  • Rajat's travelogue about his journey is set to hit the book stands later this year, make sure to check it out!

Links:

Links to blog post

On building of truck bodies in Sirhind, Punjab - https://www.outlookbusiness.com/enterprise/trend/life-in-the-slow-lane-1826

On hitchhiking with nomads from Jammu to Srinagar - https://www.outlookbusiness.com/enterprise/trend/a-season-of-exodus-1889

Two pieces on trucking on NH39, India's most unsafe highway that passes through Nagaland & Manipur - https://www.outlookbusiness.com/enterprise/trend/when-not-just-goods-but-fear-too-piles-1976

https://www.outlookbusiness.com/enterprise/trend/a-convenient-arrangement-2084

On overloading and corruption on the highways - https://www.outlookbusiness.com/enterprise/trend/death-on-wheels-2197

More about the Guest:

Twitter: @rajatub

Photo by Harsh Fuloria on Unsplash

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This week, The Musafir Stories speaks to Rajat Ubhaykar, a journalist from Mumbai who talks about his journey around India on trucks and highways! Today's destination: India! Nearest Airport: n/a Nearest Railway Station: n/a Prerequisites - n/a Pa...

This week, The Musafir Stories speaks to Rajat Ubhaykar, a journalist from Mumbai who talks about his journey around India on trucks and highways!

Today's destination: India!

Nearest Airport: n/a

Nearest Railway Station: n/a

Prerequisites - n/a

Packing - n/a

Time of the year - April

Length of the itinerary: n/a

Itinerary Highlights:

  • Rajat talks about his roller coaster of a journey traversing India on trucks as he set out to document the lives of truckers and the highway economy of India.

  • Rajat's journey was covered in 2 legs, first leg was Mumbai-Srinagar-NE, the second leg covered the eastern and western coastlines of India.

  • Rajat talks at length about the lives of the truckers, the kind of stereotyping they are subject to, the reality of life on a highway, and how things evolved over the 2 years of his journey.

  • Rajat's travelogue about his journey is set to hit the book stands later this year, make sure to check it out!

Links:

Links to blog post

On building of truck bodies in Sirhind, Punjab - https://www.outlookbusiness.com/enterprise/trend/life-in-the-slow-lane-1826

On hitchhiking with nomads from Jammu to Srinagar - https://www.outlookbusiness.com/enterprise/trend/a-season-of-exodus-1889

Two pieces on trucking on NH39, India's most unsafe highway that passes through Nagaland & Manipur - https://www.outlookbusiness.com/enterprise/trend/when-not-just-goods-but-fear-too-piles-1976

https://www.outlookbusiness.com/enterprise/trend/a-convenient-arrangement-2084

On overloading and corruption on the highways - https://www.outlookbusiness.com/enterprise/trend/death-on-wheels-2197

More about the Guest:

Twitter: @rajatub

Photo by Harsh Fuloria on Unsplash

Follow the Musafir stories on

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

website: www.themusafirstories.com

email: themusafirstories@gmail.com

itunes - https://apple.co/2LPtTA3

Google podcasts - http://bit.ly/2toY7lj or voice or google search "Ok Google, play The Musafir stories podcast"

website - http://bit.ly/2xFZqOV

Saavn - https://bit.ly/2J5rIqi

Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2HLPSVi

pocketcasts - https://bit.ly/2xu3Ewg

castbox - https://bit.ly/2sqBDQi

Overcast - https://bit.ly/2LN9wnf

Stitcher Radio - https://bit.ly/2JiBbhw

audioBoom - https://bit.ly/2oZZowS

TuneIn - https://bit.ly/2xyQH4a

RadioPublic - https://bit.ly/2snY9u0

iHeartradio - https://ihr.fm/2xvOG8R

Deezer - https://bit.ly/2L7GmOo

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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