Mini SUVs: Rush Hour

‘Our roads will rival those of the US by the end of 2024,’ says Nitin Gadkari

After nine years as Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari’s achievements include radically increasing the pace of highway construction to 28.3 km a day. But, he tells Open, his biggest success is the popularisation of e-rickshaws

Joy Rides

Discovering India’s hospitality, obstinacy, and most importantly, hope on the back of a truck

Need for Safeguards on Indian Roads for Children

India needs to bring in laws to check this menace

Mumbai Notebook

The persistence of killer potholes

Fortify Your Car

Is India Ready for Driverless Cars?

Hands off

Mumbai Notebook

There are people in Mumbai who go around the city taking an annual pre-monsoon census of potholes

Mumbai Fable

The good that would come from not being the economic capital of India

The Gods Must Be Racy

Indian roads are a nightmare, smuggled superbikes a menace. But the Gods (Group of Delhi Superbikers) are ever ready to beguile us for their sport