India Booked | India's Highway Economy

Published: Aug. 9, 2020, 3:30 a.m.

b"In Truck De India!, journalist Rajat Ubhaykar embarks on a 10,000 km-long, 100%\\nunplanned trip, hitchhiking with truckers all across India. On the way, he makes\\nunexpected friendships; listens to highway ghost stories; discovers the\\nnear-fatal consequences of overloading trucks; documents the fascinating\\ntradition of truck art in Punjab; travels alongside nomadic shepherds in\\nKashmir; encounters endemic corruption repeatedly; survives NH39, the\\ninsurgent-ridden highway through Nagaland and Manipur; and is unfailingly\\ngreeted by the unconditional kindness of perfect strangers.\\nImbued with humour, empathy, and a keen sense of history, Truck De India! is a\\ntravelogue like no other you've read. It is the story of India, and Indians, on\\nthe road.\\nListen to Rajat Ubhaykar in the fifth episode and take a journey. Horn Ok Please"