One Man Rides to the Edge of India

A Motorcycle Journey to Arunachal Pradesh, India’s Eastern Frontier

By: Ketan Joshi

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The plan is simple.

Ride a motorcycle to the very edge of India — to Arunachal Pradesh, where the country runs out of road and bumps into China and Myanmar… where the sun clocks in before the rest of us… and where the Himalayas collapse into rainforest with absolutely no regard for comfort.

The plan is fire.

The saddlebags get so excited that they actually catch fire.

Because Arunachal Pradesh is not just another region.

It is India in italics.

The place where India meets Asia. A land so wild and remote that the British didn’t even bother naming it — they simply called it “the hills.”

Home to more than a hundred tribes, each with its own language, dress and fiercely independent identity.

A wild mosaic of cultures and landscapes:

Buddhist monasteries clinging to cliffs.

Animist shrines deep in forests.

Ancient Hindu temples and brand-new Baptist churches.

Rice fields that double as rock-concert venues.

Ghost peppers so spicy they should require a legal waiver.

There are high Himalayan valleys where Indian and Chinese soldiers fought in 1962 — and still glare at each other across the mountains today.

There are forgotten World War II battlefields of the China-Burma-India theatre, once among the greatest battles of the war.

There are rivers so wide they look like inland seas.

There are axe-wielding gods attempting to manage anger issues.

There are kingdoms that lasted six centuries… and vanished almost overnight.

Into this surreal landscape rides one man on a Royal Enfield.

Well…

Two men this time.

What follows is a ride through mud, mountains and magnificent absurdity:

Flat tyres.

Burning baggage.

Roads with homicidal ambitions.

Wildlife with romantic agendas.

Borders that feel less like lines and more like arguments.

Funny, irreverent and occasionally singed,

One Man Rides to the Edge of India is a motorcycle adventure into one of the wildest corners of the world.

If you enjoy:

• Motorcycle adventures

• Offbeat travel writing

• Bill Bryson–style humour

• Remote and little-known places

• Himalayan journeys

…you will love this ride.