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HOOKED AND Saw a dog. Think it’s a Boxer Pedestrian safety is a big deal in Sikkim

BOOKED

A common friend’s wedding had Reventón
and myself travelling to wonderful Gang-
tok to attend it. The weather was a cool 6
degrees at night and the clean mountain
air felt like a dream for lungs more accus-
tomed to the dust and smoke of Mumbai. A
day before our departure back to Mumbai,
Reventón told me about this bookshop that
he had been to in the past and wanted me to Just look at the last two... Off-roading taken to a whole new formal level
check it out, too. So off we went and I must
say that Rachna Books, sitting pretty above
Café Fiction, is a must-visit whenever you’re BACK IN ACTION
in Gangtok. The ambience is brilliant and
the inventory of books is stellar. Oh, and the
chai is to die for, too!
Superleggera

BREATHLESS

I’ve had terrible luck with
tyres and punctures in the
last month, and I had just
about reached my snapping
point. But I finally came
across some hope for the
future. At an event I attend-
ed, Michelin displayed the
Uptis — an airless tyre. Yeah,
it really exists. It has been
under development for over ‘BLO IT UP
five years and seeing it in
the flesh yielded an almost If you haven’t read it already, don’t worry, it comes up
voyeuristic pleasure in me. several times in this issue — Pablo Chaterji is back at
Just imagine never having to Motoring World. Back as the executioner... beg your pardon,
worry about nails and punc- executive editor, Pablo returns after six years during which
tures. Also, never having to prototype, and it’s just a car he worked at Man’s World magazine. We guess there’s only
worry about tyre pressures. tyre, but that airless future so much one can take of hobnobbing with movie stars and
It’s brilliant! As you can see, looks ready for consump- discussing the finer points of leather bags or watches, or
it has a lattice network con- tion. And while I’m still in whatever it is he did there, but we think he finally figured
struction that’s rigid enough two minds about an electric out which world he belongs to. If you’re not looking forward
to maintain shape, and yet, future, I’m totally convinced to many a great story featuring his byline, well, you really,
flexible enough to absorb about an airless one. really should.
bumps. As of now, it’s still a Egoista

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