‘’To experience something new every day is exciting,’’ says
twenty-nine-year-old Roby Das, who reached the capital on Thursday as
part of his solo motorcycle expedition from Kandla to Kolkata.
The tour to spread awareness on road safety started on October 10 and will reach the ‘City of joy’ on December 8.
Travel
and photography are his two big passions, says Roby Das. ‘’Big enough
to make me drive night and day to far-off places,’’ he says with a
smile. The current trip on his 2010 model Royal Enfield bullet is a
follow-up to the ‘Road Eagle’ expedition, which started with a
Kashmir-Kanyakumari trip last year.
Roby Das always prefers to be a lonely traveller.
‘’I always travel alone, for it gives me
total freedom. Usually, I never miss a chance for a snap during the
travel. If I have a companion, I will have to think twice before
stopping somewhere,’’ he says. Roby Das has a large collection of
photographs taken during the tours. He has also held six exhibitions on
travel photographs in various cities.
And
what makes him a self-styled ambassador of road safety? ‘’As an avid
traveller, road safety is an important concern for me. The only thing
that makes me sad during the trips is the sight of a road accident,’’ he
says.
Safe driving could be found only
in a few Indian cities like Mumbai. The worst experience was in Kerala,
he says. ‘’If one asks me to select the most beautiful state, I would
say Kerala. But for me, the worst road experience
was
also in my home state,’’ he says. Poor condition of the roads and rash
driving make driving a traumatic experience here, he says. Das is also
distributing one lakh stickers on road safety during his tour. Roby Das
hails from Sreekandapuram in Kannur district. He is now based in
Delhi. ‘’Delhi caught my fancy on the very first visit at the age of
21. It is a perfect place for an artist,’’ he says. His wife Anjali is a
teacher at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan School.
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