Hey Everyone,
I've been performing this rare phenomenon of 'THINKING HARD', and I want you too, to think.
...Here are 3 questions that i, want you to answer in less then 250 words. Answer can
vary from a word to a sentence to an essay. Here we go:
Q1. What does motorcycling mean to you?
Q2. What does photography mean to you?
Q3. How are these above related, if at all?
Cheers, have fun wearing your best thinking hats!
Please send your answers to info@hindustanmotorcycling.com or simply put them as comments here itself.
N.B.: The Best ten answers will be chosen & writers awarded a
special Hindustan Motorcycling Company award!
ASH SHARMA:
ReplyDelete"Ans 1. Motorcycling to me is something that lets me express myself from the core. it helps me to put me across nature like it comes to us - i.e. without saying any words.
Ans 2. photography to me is trying to capture world through my eyes. the way i perceive and look at things. it gives me an opportunity for me to conne...ct with my innerself. After all you dont know its in you till you see it through the lense.
Ans 3. they are related? hell yeah - two sides of the same coin and the only common thing binding them is an individual who wants to explore, believe and is ready go to any extent for making these two ends meet."
SOVIETLANA KANT DIXIT:
ReplyDelete"ANSWER 1: Motorcycling to me is experincing the freshness of the wind on ur face , smell of the places and freedom in ur heart ...!
ANSWER 2: Photography to me is 'remembrance', to feel within urself " oh, look how talented i am " , and last but not the least if u have nothing to click u can always click ur mirror cracking photo and say how pretty do i look !
ANSWER 3: Combing both together is full time fun !"
You see, I will answer this assuming monogamy with one single piece of the machines called Motorcyle.
ReplyDelete1) it is like courting a girl, one who you would marry and not leave whatever happens. it is also like getting to know her slowly but surely, and even getting surprised. it is like building an affair slowly over a long time, and over endless cups of teas, including breakdowns analogous to fights with lovers, repairing analogous to making up, and then, going on longish impractical rides analogous to defeating big difficulties of life such as paying for your son's heavyweight college education. Overall, it is a lady! and you build a friendship with her! (this could be a predominantly male point of view, but that's how it is for me)
2) Photography of course by virtue of being a data-generator does cause memories. However,I look at it as an extension of the gift of vision. A camera brings to us angles that eyes cannot. A camera also brings to us thoughts that our natural vision cannot simulate. In a way, a camera (though the word sounds like a male because of the 'a' in the end) also is like a mistress, and practicing photography is like refining your relationship with her.
3) The one thing that defines their relationship is - you are better off with only mistress. They can both kill you, and will always be envious of you. However, like all the philanderers, most motorcyclists and photographers are colourful people who have given in to their impulses, and hence, they double time.
Long live 'them and the art of motorcycle maintenance while photographing'
Cheers!
Swapnil
AJAY BRAHMATMAJ:
ReplyDelete1.हमारे लिए तो मोटरसायकलिंग का मतलब जिंदगी एक सफर है सुहाना,यहां कल क्या हो किस ने जाना या रोते हुए आते हैं सब,हंसता हुआ जो जाएगा वो मुकद्दर का सिकंदर कहलाएगा...वो भी क्या दिन थे जब गांधी मैदान के पास की सड़कों की मोड़ पर चाचा की जावा 30 डिग्री के एंगल पर मुड़ती थी फुल स्पीड में...
2.फोटोग्राफी अपनी देखे दृश्य को कै...द करना था।
3.दोनों एक साथ आजमाने का मौका नहीं मिला।
1. My BSA Mach3 on steroids.
ReplyDelete2. Nostalgia
3. Its been a while since I rode my bike. Oh!, those were the days. Wait, let me show you...
GOPAL SHROTI:
ReplyDelete"I was thrilled by the two bikes we had in my small town of the army personnel 3.5 HP like a batallion of jumping horses is passing through. Then came 2.5 HP and now down to 1 HP but my craze for those 3.5 HP bike still fills my heart with vigour. HOWEVER MY CHOICE GOES ABOVE 1.25 HP today since my hand muscles bump up on their sounds.
Photography, the medium of capturing images on sensors for the posterity, which also relates to travel on bikes with cameras, searching out the inner sides of hills, mountains, particularly Himalayas...Both machines working together will fetch out unsearched area of the country to the world."
MUHAMMAD SUHAIL MUNEER:
ReplyDelete"ANSWER 1: Motorcycling means bullet, an experience u will never forget, the thumping, the feel of of the winds, the rains, the woods, the no - roads, the altitudes, the beaches, the country sides, the lavish greenery, the hot desert, the roads with no ends, the helmets, the gears u wear, the road breaks, the long rides, the d...rinks u have in the evening, the get together, the smokes, the hard party, and the next day again for the rides.
ANSWER 2: Photography means the capture of the moments of the feel of of the winds, the rains, the woods, the no - roads, the altitudes, the beaches, the country sides, the lavish greenery, the hot desert, the roads with no ends, the helmets, the gears u wear, the road breaks, the long rides, the drinks u have in the evening, the get together, the smokes, the hard party, and the next day again for the rides.
ANSWER 3: These are all related bcoz of the rides and the capturing of the moments.
RIDE SAFE"
Thank you for particpating Ajay Chacha & Yousuf Bhai.
ReplyDeleteVAISHALI MIRANDA:
ReplyDelete"Motorcycling according to me means discover new places .......photography is wat i like doin for my past time its really fun n ya both r related as wen we travel we see diff beautiesof nature which we can capture thru photography.........:-)"
SARAH MAY BASCO(Phillippines):
ReplyDelete"ANSWER 1. Motorcycling is..... well before I give my opinion I would just like to mention that I have indeed rode on one of those motorcycles once or twice.... the second which led me to an accident... so with that said...... Motorcycling for me is a dangerous activity...a lot of lives lost in accidents involving undisciplined riders with no proper protective equipment especially here in the Philippines, where some riders take multiple passengers and not most can't even provide helmets for themselves much less their passengers.... I've seen others taking up to as much as 5 people on their bikes... lil' kids... with no helmets... riding on the highways. But Motorcycling per se... I guess is good and quite liberating experience for most, but I guess it would be better if all had the right attitude and proper equipment...
ANSWER 2.Well, what can I say really about photography.... Im no pro but when I take pictures it's like theres an air sort of... a spirit guiding me to seek the beauty in small petty things we see everyday... it's like when I started taking pictures... I saw the World ANEW..... and it's not really just taking pictures it's expressing yourself..... expressing deepest feelings... aspirations... dreams... it's uniting your UNIVERSE to the UNIVERSE around you...
ANSWER 3. I guess if there would be any relation it is that Both are Liberating..... from the brief experience I had while riding..... it gives you a sort of high just the same with Photography..... it lifts you up.... and gives a drug-like high... but I'll just stick to taking pictures on foot....LOLz.... XD"
HRISHIKESH SULABH:
ReplyDelete" 1.पहली बार सायकिल पर चढ़ा, पटना के गांधी मैदान से बाहर निकला और जा टकराया मोटर से। मोटरसायकिल पर चढ़ ही नहीं पाया। लगता है लगता है ज़िन्दगी की क़िताब का एक पन्ना ज़िल्द से ही सटा रह गया। काश दस-बीस साल बाद जनमा होता। फर्राटे सेअपनी मीनूजी को पीछे बैठाकर उड़ता और वे अपने धवल दांतों से मेरे कान की लवें काटतीं। हाय अल्ला अब इन सपनों का क्या करूं....
2. आत्मा की आंख.....;ईश्वर का जासूस।
3. आंख की पांख......;जासूस का रथ।"
HUNG YIU LING (Newyork, USA):
ReplyDelete"Photography is like the Gun, Motorcycling is like a bullet, they were a wonderful match, Photography - if you press the shutter(Gun) smoothly and you will get the great pictures, Motorcycling is like the bullet coming from the gun, it runs freely into the world, as fast as it can, it just like the human being, always... looking forwards, never look back, It's our vision, mission, & passion!!!!!^0^"
SCOTT NOVEM
ReplyDeleteUniversity of California
Santa Barbara, USA
"Motorcycling can get you from "here" to "there", it's an expression of freedom, and photography will help you to always remember how beautiful "here" really was, even when you aren't "there" :-)"
motorcycling to me is freedom mixed with adventure n i dnt care attitude , motorcycling involves a person who goes out till the horizon on two spikes wheel n has gud sense of hope to teach an unplanned n unimaginable destination,,,its jus like a bird gliding thru air amidst snowy iced capped peaks n green forest beneath ,,,,jus gliding thru the way n enjoying evry bit of it to its fullest.....................................
ReplyDeletephotograpy is a blend of emotions ,feelings n your inner imagination,,,,it shows ur perspective towards a particular object....n it always comes with a simmering imagination in our minds n truely cuming into the pictures ,,,it says evrything even being tightlipped ,,,,,,
ReplyDeletephotography and motorbiking is jus like all the imaginations n the perspective towards nature ,people,places put together in a bagpack n slowly making its own way to its never ending and always interesting destination carving its own path n exploring evry part thru the dense forests ,,gushing small rivers ,,,,,big boulders of rocks n thru iced jammed roads ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,jus cum pik up ur safety gear n survival kits n gear up for the journey wich is nvr ending n everlasting..unexplored kumaon n virgin stretches.....we r proud to b associated with HINDUSTAN MOTORCYCLING ,,,,THANKS SURBHIT FOR THIS EXHIILARATING AND REFRESHING EXPERIENCE ,,,HATS OFFF
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y10OJ1pNW3o
ReplyDeleteI forgive my father
I forgive her
I forgive my boss
I forgive the government
I forgive my barber
I forget my past
I forgive them all
I feel like...
I feel like...GOD
1. what does motorcycling mean to you:
ReplyDeleteEver floated on the Pondichery sea with the blue clear sky wide open engulfing the entire universe around you and the deep abyss of the water reminding you of the danger of slipping into oblivion for ever....What you experience just lying there in the middle of the ocean as long as you want----its called TIMELESSNESS...FOREVER!!
Ever rode on NH 47, connecting Bangalore to Chennai...Your bike is at a constant speed of 120 kmph...the black tar shining in the sun welcoming you forever to feel the gust of wind push you into the realms beyond the dimensions known to mankind....Its called----THE NEVERENDING JOURNEY!!
Ever rode at a height 19000 ft above sea level, touched base at the highest motorable pass in the world, MARSIMIK LA, meet the most honorable and courageous of men, the guardians of our country's borders and looked straight into the valley of the enemy...Its called----THE SOLDIER's PEEK
Ever crossed the most dangerous pass in the entire Himalayas, the ZOZILLA pass, at 14500 ft above sea level, on a 350cc Bullet Electra machine, grinding rocks and biting dust through the blasted mountain ranges and be held awe-stuck by the most scintillating flash of beauty created by mother nature, revealing the first view of heaven on earth, the valley of Kashmir, a place called Sonmarg....Its called---
FINDING NEVERLAND!!
For me motorcycling is FINDING NEVERLAND experiencing TIMELESSNESS FOREVER in a NEVERENDING JOURNEY and occasionally take a SOLDIER's PEEK!!
2.What does Photography mean to you?
The crystal green water of Pang-ong-Tso mixing with the heavenly blue of a cloudless sky separated by a million colorful rocks of the Himalayas....The flush green meadows of a Punjabi farmer's land covered with droplets of the morning dew....The Rajasthani desert shining in the hot sun luring you to the watery image of a most awaited oasis....The gigantic JOG falls pouring into the heart of Karnataka smashing the rocks so hard the clouds become envious of the falls' water droplets stealing their glamor....The view of a road flanked by the huge Western Ghats covered with green forests on one side and the mighty Arabian sea passing past the horizons ready to engulf this small man made creation on the other side....And finally when you reach the place on Earth where the three seas meet, Kanyakumari....the poet within you is at his extreme high ready to carve in his memory every sensuous detail of these spectacular views....But where the poet within me failed, a PHOTOGRAPH did wonders!!
3.How are these above related, if at all?
Sometimes I feel if my eyes could be replaced by a camera, I would definitely do that when I embark upon a motorcycle trip!! Imagine the different dimensions of a spectacular scene you can see and feel if your eyes could be adjusted like a camera!! VAMOS MOTORCYCLING!!
Motorcycling means an experience in which man and machine become one in sheer bliss.
ReplyDeletePhotography means capturing the essence of such bliss wherever they exist.
And thats the link between the two
NEHA KOHLI:
ReplyDelete"Motorcycling..:) its fun to sit on a bike..duno to ride it though..bt its fun to see things around siting at d rear...and gazing beautiful suroundings round the hills...lakes...and many more natural beauty!
well photography ..its my passion..wud love to take it as a profession one day.......camera is my best buddy.....o...utput is always so true nd real
Is photography related to motorcycling? well according to me yes...both r definatly related as they are meant for each other...travelling shows u difrent and amazing destinations...and camera also does d same thing by d means of photographs..."
ELIZABETH CHAPMAN (Hampshire, United Kingdom:
ReplyDelete" Freedom and the road. I love it when you are on your bike and you can leave the car behind you. Well they think they owne the road some car drivers. No seriously, you have the freedom and chance to hit the open road and brave the elements and view the world around you.
Photography means that you can capture the imagine ...and event, as it happens and you can store your memories and take home with you the events of the day. It is also an open window to the world and its people.
Yes the two are related in some ways. You need the bike to get you out there to take the photos in the first place. The motorbike can take you off that beaten track, that the car can not always do to take the photos in the first place."
motorcycling is nothing just exploring da wrld in ur own way..wheras photography is nothing just to show expressions and da beauty of dat particular thing,,bcoz pictures speak louder dan words,,,,,ya dey are related bcoz one u explore something den via ur pics u can explore it in front of everyone
ReplyDeleteMotorcycle means ,life.......
ReplyDeleteEvery time i ride my bike.I just forget all the worries & problems in my life.Just helps me to try new challenges &new heights.I feel happy whenever i take a long ride,just makes me feel like no need to look back just enjoy the ride of my life ,I know it sound's crazy but truly that's what motorcycle means to me ........
Photography means to keep the vision from the past in the living present ,photos don't change or lie ,people change and forget the past ,so it helps to remember their roots,happiness or lost.Because life keeps on going .......
I think Both have vision,faith and destiny ........