Kaleecharan, not the cricketer!“We are Yadavs. Tending cattle and farming come naturally to us,” said Kaleechanran, the 1999-born long haul truck driver from Mirzapur…Jan 6Jan 6
Tawa roti & truck driversThe menu was simple, befitting the typical highway dhaba ambience. The spacious thatch-roofed eatery on the Panchgaon-Jamalpur Road…Jan 41Jan 41
Choti si asha!You’ve no reason to know Hari Om. He is one among the million truck drivers who satisfy our desire to fulfil our needs such as food…Oct 29, 2024Oct 29, 2024
In Pursuit of HappinessI rubbed my eyes in disbelief when Smita Saldanha* said: “Don’t laugh at me when I say that I have completed a dip stick survey of…Oct 7, 2024Oct 7, 2024
30,000 to 30,001 KmIf the first km was in a car carrier, this time too, it was the same.Oct 4, 2024Oct 4, 2024
On the road to NekpurManmohan Singh — not the former economist-turned-Prime Minister but the truck driver-cum-guarantor in a fleet-owning transport company in…Jul 25, 2024Jul 25, 2024
Highway Jottings-11Blame it on Transtopics Editor Girish Mirchandani for this dispatch.Jun 17, 2024Jun 17, 2024