Saputara – Why do we fall?
Fresh from a ride to Igatpuri over the last weekend, the office bike riders’ gang had united this time, and we were headed to Saputara via a small village called Jawhar which was halfway between Mumbai and Saputara. Jawhar is well known for Warli painting by the locals, and it had a palace too. We planned to visit the palace, have our lunch, and then proceed towards Saputara. The gang! There were eight people in the plan – Abhishek, Pranav, Roy, Saurabh, Shukla, Sid and Yash. And the plan was to start by 4.30 AM. I reached Belapur highway by 4.15 AM, and was joined by Shukla, and Yash arrived soon after. We were supposed to meet Sid at Thane by 5.15 AM, but just before reaching Thane, Shukla lost his way, and the three of us had waited for him for some time. I should’ve realized then that this was ...