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21 years of Motoring fun.

Editor, Publisher & Printer
Paresh Nath
Executive Editor
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Managing Editor Executive Editor
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Features Writer
Aadil Naik
Consultants A new year, a new beginning
Kyle Pereira
Varad More Since that is indeed my face in the one? We give it a go, at any rate, in
Contributor photograph on this page, you will one of our special stories this month.
Alan Cathcart (Motorcycles) know that I’m back where it all began When you’re dealing with the Yamaha
Assistant Designer for me — at Motoring (now World, RD350 and RX100, the numbers do
Pranita N Mayekar
then Business Standard Motoring). matter — they were the pocket rockets
Photographer Seventeen years ago, as a wide-eyed of their time — but the indescribable
Kaizad Adil Darukhanawala
and reasonably foolish man-child, feeling of the tiny powerband
EDITORIAL, ADVERTISEMENT & I took the plunge into the world of kicking in on either bike is... well,
PUBLICATION OFFICE automotive journalism, with not a indescribable (but we still give it a go).
Delhi Press, whit of experience in the field and The full-blown nuclear powerplant on
E-8, Jhandewalan Estate, Rani Jhansi Marg,
New Delhi-110 055, absolutely no clue about what lay in our cover, the Lamborghini Huracan
Phone: 41398888, 23529557-62 Fax: 91-11-23625020 store for me — all I knew was that it Evo, rates a 20/10 on every possible
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sounded like the world’s pre-eminent spec parameter, and who better to get
For editorial submissions and queries, write to: form of gainful employment (it was, behind the wheel than Bijoy Kumar Y,
MOTORING WORLD – Delhi Press, and possibly still is). Thankfully, I was the man who founded the magazine
A4, Shriram Estate, Wadala, Mumbai – 400031, good enough at it to have my contract you’re holding, and who made
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minor miracle, I ended up heading Motoring culture?
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visit http: //delhipress.in/subscribe curiosities beckoned, and a stint in other stories, you’ll find Parsis and
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cheques/ bank drafts drawn in favour of
Delhi Prakashan Vitran Private Ltd., to the CV; through it all, I never lost and the Suzuki S-Presso — at a dirt
at E-8, Jhandewalan Estate, Rani Jhansi Marg, touch with the automotive world and track; the Hyundai Kona alongside
New Delhi - 110 055
my many friends in it. Now, here I am India’s original EV, the Reva; the
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You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the with our 21st anniversary. That’s right, massive Triumph Rocket 3 R and GT;
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