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Tirthankar Basu & Mampa Basu

Total Vote(s) : 449 | Total Testimonial(s) : 56

Wedlocked since 3 long years, Mrs. Basu is an Ex-Kingfisher and I am a 'Dreamer' - of a DEVELOPED INDIA. Our reasons to travel by road range from pure utilitarian to holidaying to just avoid carting around luggage on platforms and terminals. I suffer from 'Anti-Motion Sickness' which is a situation where one gets restless and lethargic, if not on the move (whether by Rail, Air, or Road). On a serious note, while I travel to explore and capture the rural and urban transformation that India is undergoing and understand the macro & micro consequences it has had on local people and economy, she is more focused on the destination. Makes us mix business with pleasure. And what can be more interesting than our '*branded*' Blog called – DRIVOBLOG® [http://drivoblog.blogspot.com/], which contains photos, travelogues, videos, maps and speed-sheets of our journeys.

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Ajay Jain & Anubhuti Rana

Total Vote(s) : 448 | Total Testimonial(s) : 14

Both my wife, Anubhuti, and I are avid travellers. We both have a media background (besides having worked in other sectors) and are on a kind of a mission to explore all of India by road. Our travels over the last few years since we came together have taken us extensively across Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh including the Lahaul Spiti Valley, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. This also includes wildlife sanctuaries like Ranthambhore, Corbett and Sariska. We both now concentrate mostly on travelling, coming to Delhi for a few weeks at a time to take care of some monetary matters and for doing the laundry (that's what we jokingly tell our friends). We do all this to write travel books (the first one can be checked at http://peeppeepdontsleep.com) and our travel blog, http://kunzum.com.

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KUSHAL VERMA & ALANKRITA RANJAN

Total Vote(s) : 446 | Total Testimonial(s) : 44

So, here comes a cool and prudent couple from a city known as ‘The oxford of the east’, PUNE. Salaaaam Namaste every1 out there......I am Kushal and this is my lovely sis Alankrita (famously known as ‘ANKI’).We both are pursuing our bachelor degrees here in pune. I think this is a great opportunity for a couple like us, who always want a reason or another to prove ourselves. We don’t believe in 9 to 5 vaala job, we believe in breaking the rules of life and are always hungry to explore the unexplored. I personally am a big lover of cars and we both loves to go on long drives and enjoy our free time in discovering new “addas” to hang out at. Anki on the other side is very lively and cool headed person. We both are very much looking forward to this competition and its possible only from you guys......so, pls do vote us yaar.OK. so, here I wish every couple a very nice vaala best of luck and may the deserving couple wins the race to the top.

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Radhika Raj & Bharath Belliappa

Total Vote(s) : 444 | Total Testimonial(s) : 18

Being best friends with Bharath has been my biggest challenge to date. Constantly arguing about most topics under the sun and having diametrically opposite perspectives to life makes us such good friends. Having met at photography school, our shared passion for travel, culture, music, books and art made us drive off to different places on photography ‘assignments’. 5 years down post-grad school we still make spontaneous trips to feed our wanderlust. From the high desert roads of Ladakh to the forbidden country of Bhutan, from snorkeling in the clear blues of the Andaman Islands to sipping chai with a tribal from Rajasthan, traveling makes us who we are. Translating what we see and feel into photography, writing and design is how we capture those moments (and of course talking about our trips non-stop to our friends who are perpetually envious!) Running his organic coffee estates in Coorg and having been an environment science student in his undergrad days, Bharath is the perpetual environment conscious bloke who loves to trek. The quiet reserved type he is almost obsessive about anything to do with electronics and wildlife..An architect in my undergrad days and currently an advertising photographer in Mumbai I am a complete foodie who enjoys meeting people, ready to learn anything new from salsa to sailing a sea-bird. Always looking for the new, I constantly find myself being aware of spatial design, art and culture. All of these opposites make us close friends while constantly feeding our five senses.

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Bala Murali & Cauvery Thimmaiah

Total Vote(s) : 439 | Total Testimonial(s) : 21

We're not sure if we fit the general idea of a couple. We are "a couple" of friends that saw the newspaper ad and went ". .Now THAT is something totally , completely made for us!" I am Bala, and I am a makeshift photographer by night and whenever I can get away. Kavi is a good friend, and a total darling at that. Most used phrase by our friends: "Will you two shut up??"

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NEELAM SANJIV & SANJIV DAGAR

Total Vote(s) : 439 | Total Testimonial(s) : 25

We NEELAM SANJIV and SANJIV DAGAR are from Delhi. I am working as Manager - Corporate Communications with a Delhi based firm. My husband is a Legal Head with an American MNC. Our motto in life is BE DIFFERENT ALWAYS !! This unique motto has helped us STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD in school, college, office etc. because we look at life differently, we do things differently, tackle problems differently. Above all, we get smitten by things which are done differently. THE GREAT DRIVING CHALLENGE is one such competition which is very different from other competitions. We fell in love with this idea and took the plunge almost at the last minute....but we are happy to be part of this innovative campaign......KUDOS TEAM CEDIA !! We both are doing pretty well in our professional spheres which is hectic at most of the times. We energise ourselves by visiting new places every now and then. We had been to Dubai, Manila, Bangkok, Yangon, Germany and London. But...but...but...we both feel that INDIA HAS THE BEST OF EVERYTHING !! We have our own mini Switzerland in the form of Kashmir, pradise in the form of Kerela, hi tech city Banglore, political hub nub Delhi and pulsating trade capital in the form of Mumbai.We are specially smitten by the EXOTIC & UNTOUCHED LOCALES of North Eastern part of India like Sikkim, Shillong, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Guwahati and Darjeeling.We also love Goa, MUmbai, Hyderabad, Banglore, Agra, Varanasi, Himachal and others. KUDOS INDIA !! Most of the couples are participating in this contest to enjoy the all expense paid 10 days but we have already planned our SOCIAL CAMPAIGN ON THE DRIVE !! We are sure people will bless CEDIA FOR THIS MEMORABLE EVENT.

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sapna bhavnani & Arijit Datta

Total Vote(s) : 434 | Total Testimonial(s) : 25

We are Sapna Bhavnani and Arijit Datta. Sapna Bhavnani cuts hair at her salon, Mad o Wot, in Bandra. She also writes columns, goes on road trips, listens to life stories, gets tattoos, raises goldfish, rides a pink and black motorcycle, plays Scrabble, worships Elvis, waters plants, designs pop-up books, acts, drinks no water, takes over talk shows, makes time capsules, performs at poetry readings, is worth millions on Facebook and owns enough Pez dispensers to build a bridge to the moon. Her current pseudonyms are Tiger, Tiger and MC Polar Bear and Painting. Arijit Datta's voice will make any woman wet her pants. And men too. He is also a writer, an artist, a photographer, drives his black scorpio like he owns the freakin road, and a sore loser at UNO. His current pseudonyms are Chinku and Baby Baby. He is the future of Hindi music in this country....He is the future. Together we are dynamite!

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Mini Jacob & Jason Jacob

Total Vote(s) : 432 | Total Testimonial(s) : 36

Pardon the use of a cliché, but Jason is from Mars and Mini is from Venus and a lot of people would have been happier had they stayed on their respective planets. But somewhere on Earth two impulsive young people met and decided to convert their extremely brief liaison into holy matrimony. It is a decision they have regretted every day since then. For fifteen years. Now older and unfortunately none the wiser the two remain married just because they are too stubborn to accept that they made a mistake. However improbable this may sound, they seem to have grown onto each other a bit too! The reason they are not killing each other is simple – space. Jason, the free spirit, finds it safer to hunt for landmines for a living, in war torn Sri Lanka, rather than spill coffee on the kitchen floor of the meticulously organised Mini. Mini on the other hand just returned to India after spending a year and a half in Europe, apparently to do her second masters. No one has seen the degree certificate yet. Evidently she had a free spirit too, which she hid from Jason.

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Rubal WALIA & Shweta Gaur

Total Vote(s) : 430 | Total Testimonial(s) : 52

I am Rubal and I am a freak and she is Shweta (She is still normal). But not for long... I pretend to work as a translator, but I am just fooling my boss. I am actually sitting on my computer planning for my next trip. Psst, Those sick leaves that I just took, not really sick :) Anyway, Shweta is teaching tourism to doctors and calls it 'medical tourism'. She generally describes her job profile as 'Professional Traveller' :) Do vote for us. check our this link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=30541157&id=1067599335&ref=mf

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pratibha rao & sachin doshi

Total Vote(s) : 427 | Total Testimonial(s) : 1

Hi, I, Pratibha Rao, and my partner Sachin Doshi are alumni of NITIE, Mumbai. Sachin works in Mumbai in Procter and Gamble, while I work in Cognizant business consulting. We know each other from the common passion we share for nature photography, which saw a creative outlet in the lush greeneries of NITIE. Apart from our obsessions like capturing everyday sights in riots of colors and preserving the delicate nuances in nature, we also enjoy backpacking through India with our gang of friends. Goa, Kerala, Lonavala, Agra … we’ve been there, done that. We want to be a part of the great driving challenge to get a chance to explore India limitlessly and have an adventure like never before.

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Narendranath T R & Monika Manchanda

Total Vote(s) : 426 | Total Testimonial(s) : 20

We are a part of the omnipresent Bangalore IT world... Monika is into software development, and Naren has a sales job which they diligently pursue to earn a living. Monika is an avid blogger and photography buff when passion overrides existential dilemmas. Naren is a zealous auto freak, peering hard at most of the Autocar magazines that he can lay hands on. Mostly we are engulfed in corporate madness, however we steal sanity in the long drives and exploration of new places. In the last 4.5 yrs we have indulged ourselves in quite a few drives, Delhi to Bangalore being the longest and most exciting. Interestingly some of the first few words that Ojas our 18 month old said were Car key, Car seat, etc. For all of you sweet people who have taken time off your busy schedules to look at our profile, we urge you to cast a vote for us and write a testimonial. We will be eternally grateful to you if you in turn forward our profile and compel your friends and family to cast a vote for us :)

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Dr MILIND SABNIS & Monica Chitnis

Total Vote(s) : 423 | Total Testimonial(s) : 19

We, Monica & I, are poles apart, yet a perfect foil. She is an MBA, I’m a doctor (MBBS, MD). She is fire, I am earth; she is impatient, I’m patient; she is sharp, I’m blunt; she is an obsessive-compulsive planner, I just follow my heart; she loves pets, I love them from a distance; she lives on the edge, I prefer the ground; she is my strength, I’m her balance. We have a few things in common though: we are foodies: she likes to cook perfect food, I love to eat perfect food; we are addicted to the internet and movies, watching movies all through the nights is our favorite pass-time; we are laziness epitomized: one look at our bedroom would confirm this; we love to gamble, while she wins most times, I ensure that the house always wins; we are calorie conscious: albeit we only count our calories, don’t control it! We are vagabonds; currently, we are in our hometown, Mumbai, for a few months. Collectively we have lived in 16 cities and stayed in about 8-dozen cities across 4 continents. It would be trite to say we love to travel…. Let me put it this way: we are our sanest when we travel… travel is our oxygen.

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Rathin Vyas & Vidya Vyas

Total Vote(s) : 417 | Total Testimonial(s) : 26

Hey folks ! Rathin and Vidya here ... friends since last 5 years and forever. Oh yes.. forgot to tell you we recently got married ... a couple of months back and now trying to enjoy the so-called honeymoon period by traveling to various places. :) We are both IT professionals working with Infosys, Pune for about 5 years now. We met at the Mysore campus and have been together since. We both like to eat out, travel, make friends and party !!! We have also tried our hand at photography with Vidya attending a workshop on photography. So when we are driving down we will make sure to capture loads of pictures for you folks about our travel.

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Amith Prabhu & Mrunmaiy Abroal

Total Vote(s) : 415 | Total Testimonial(s) : 101

We are married, but not to each other. We love speed but move with caution. We work hard to take our dreams further. We 'Live Life' because thats our passion. We have no scores to settle. We can drive and blog and click and dream. We will surely prove our mettle. By being the best of all the teams. We have seen our paths cross several times - First as classmates, then as colleagues and now as co drivers on the Great Driving Challenge. Mrunmaiy and I have embarked upon this challenge because we belive we have it in us to inspire, to showcase the beautiful India in an interesting way and give back to society throough this challenge. We belive in being the dark horses and most of all we owe it to our spouses for letting us 'Live Life' our motto.

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Sudeep Agarwal & Smita Agarwal

Total Vote(s) : 413 | Total Testimonial(s) : 31

Hey Guys, We are Sudeep & Smita Agarwal. I am a Businessman running factories in Ahmednagar, a town that prouds in testing India's every new automobile at VRDE (Vehicle Researsh Development Establishment). Smita is my Sweet and supportive wife, who takes care of me and my family. One of the common interest between us is passion for cars and activities related to it... We are here because the concept of the contest is to show my best skills - Driving, Photography & blogging..... I was 4th in "India's Best Young Driver 2009" (missed 1st place by just 2.75 point) and now its time to take the "Greatest Driving Challenge"

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Vineet Chaturvedi
Tanya Chaturvedi
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Vineet Chaturvedi & Tanya Chaturvedi

Total Vote(s) : 406 | Total Testimonial(s) : 25

We are Vineet and Tanya from Gurgaon. I am a reluctant techie and a wannabe writer. She is an interior designer and an excellent chef! We dream of starting a cool and classy restaurant where I can sit behind the counter and pretend to write while she conjures up finger-licking dishes in an enormous kitchen! We are almost ready but for the moolah :) And what better way to earn that money but doing what we simply love to do - embark upon that perfect long drive! A cursory glance at the advertisement and we were hooked in a nanosecond (sigh, the techie speaks). So, we are here for the next few weeks - begging, cajoling, threatening for votes and extracting glorious testimonials from friends, family and those who think our profile is worth a dekko :)

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Vamsi Vanka & Charukesi Ramadurai

Total Vote(s) : 406 | Total Testimonial(s) : 39

Charu is a travel writer & photographer who publishes regularly in a number of magazines and dailies. She's usually either traveling, or planning her next travel spree. To support her itchy feet, she doubles up in her spare time as a qualitative market researcher. Vamsi is usually found driving Charu around - within Mumbai as well as around India & executing her next round of travel plan. He is a digital marketing consultant and is now with a mobile marketing start-up setting up the sales organization & helping raise funds. We live in Mumbai & are currently involved in making our love for travel our career too. We're part of a start-up company - Culture Aangan - which is into building Home Stays & developed Rural Tourism in Konkan Maharashtra.

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Natasha Paul & Santosh Rodrigues

Total Vote(s) : 399 | Total Testimonial(s) : 33

"A couple"... well that's a stretch for Santosh and myself. We have known each other too many years now, to count.. through it all, we have been buddies.. scrapped like 6 year olds, been out dancing all night..its been a total blast.. What we do share is a love for the roads, riding or driving.. give us an opportunity, and we will be there to burn some rubber.....

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Kamal & Sarableen

Total Vote(s) : 395 | Total Testimonial(s) : 10

Kamal and Neelam, made for each other and will ,now, race for each other. I work with Infosys Pune as Principal Consultant and Sarableen is a home maker and also works as a child labourer (managing our daughter is no joke afterall..).. We've lived at many places.. While in Delhi, we've covered many parts of North India and while at Hyderabad, covered nearby areas and now at Pune trying to map all the locales.. We're based at Pune and are just waiting to enter this competition and win it....just wait'n'watch for us.. Here we come..

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John Alexander Manappallil & Dhwani..

Total Vote(s) : 395 | Total Testimonial(s) : 105

Hi Here we are John Alexander and Dhwani (Mridula), respectively working in AXA Technologies Bangalore as an Engineer and Heading the operational part of GEST India, an American based Tourism company, in its Asian operations. We rather would like to be called us TTBs (The Travel Bugs), as it is the passion that flags of our journey to victory in each & every actions n reactions of our’s. When we are behind the wheels n on the ramp the sound WHROOOOOM…… is being our fuel for an adventurous nonstop drive. Anything other than the destination comes to us only after the final spot with black n white checks. It is still left out as a wonder for both of us that, how we got to be friends with the same aptitudes n on a high altitude. We mark our hearty Thanks to Orkut….

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Chirag Kantharia & Soumya Kantharia

Total Vote(s) : 393 | Total Testimonial(s) : 13

We are Chirag & Soumya Kantharia, from Bangalore, India. I work as a software engineer, while my wife, Soumya is in between jobs - looking out for something better to do with her time. We are here because we think it's the life time opportunity for what we always wanted to do - tour around the country and sample local cuisines from all parts of India. We are big fans of the show on NDTV called 'Highway on my Plate', and pretty envious of Rocky and Mayur, the hosts of the show. We believe that this is one of the best ways to know real India.

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Mansi Garg & Shishir Gupta

Total Vote(s) : 383 | Total Testimonial(s) : 8

I'm software professional with expertise in intelligent systems. However everyone tells me that its a bit of oxymoron, somehow I manage to come across as a dumb person :(..... My partner is an engineer by education, albeit his main identity now is that of an entrepreneur who is doing reasonably well for a person who can never correctly spell the word "Entrepreneur". We both did our bachelors in Delhi, never knowing each other. Me being from girls college at DU also went to the socials held at his hostel in IIT, but somehow we never met. Or we don't remember it. Actually It is believed that we crossed our paths atleast three times before being introduced, but there is no documented proof. Our real discovery of each other took place on a month long road trip.

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Rupender singh & Sukhda

Total Vote(s) : 379 | Total Testimonial(s) : 56

Myself Rupender and my travel and life partner is Sukhda. We both are lawyers and love to travel long distances.Car rally is my passion and I`ve participated in world`s highest car rally i.e Raid de Himalaya.I`ve participated in many other motorsport events.I own a Tata Safari,Alto and a Rally prepared Maruti Gypsy. In two wheelers i own a 1986 RD350.Would love to drive Cedia Now comes my wife.She loves books, writing and traveling.She was in the main lead of Team top speed conducted by Star TV in Desert Storm car rally. We both are fond of photography.

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Dilip Dhanasingh & Mina Dilip

Total Vote(s) : 378 | Total Testimonial(s) : 32

A small town (Tirunelveli) Christian boy meets a big city (Bangalore) Hindu girl… we run for around 4 years across 2 states, 4 tourist locations and 1 small town… About 600+ kms apart, we communicate through chat, email and SMS... to finally get married and make it official!!! She loves her Bollywood music and I love the screaming guitars (hard rock)... She loves the journey and I love the destination, but one thing that both of us love is to travel… but hey, who said anything about liking the same location!!!! While I write this, I’m serving notice in a BPO firm (I’m done with corporate life!) and wanting to go the entrepreneurial way. Mina is a freelance creative writer and a part-time consultant in a maternity studio. 5 years of marriage and a son (Ninja) of 2yrs later, we would like to see what life has to offer through the Great Driving Challenge… I’m sure we will have some wonderful experiences to share. To know more about us, visit us at baboosingh.com

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Sai Karthik Madabhushi & Anvita Varshney

Total Vote(s) : 371 | Total Testimonial(s) : 22

If the travel bug and love for the great outdoors can make friends of two different people, I guess this is it. We are Karthik and Anvita, friends who found a common passion for something beyond keyboard strokes and s/w development. We work in a s/w company Cadence Design Systems in Noida. We are softaware engineers by profession and we love travelling, trekking, photography, watching movies and writing.

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Hina Rajpal & Santosh Santhanam

Total Vote(s) : 371 | Total Testimonial(s) : 19

Hello, and thanks for stopping by! We are Santosh and Hina, neighbours from Bangalore, management consultants by profession and mega travel enthusiasts on a mission to experience 1,000 new places before we die! We'll cut out the jazz about loving travel - that's obviously why we are here :-) What we would like you to know is how much we love travelling in India - with so many different languages, foods, skin colors, beliefs, practices - it offers the most diverse experiences possible! and what better way to taste the ilish in Calcutta, the vada pav in Bombay, the kapi in Chennai or the mouthwatering aloo parathas and rajmah chawal in Punjab than to take a road journey. so, there we are - living, as Bill Bryson so rightly remarked, for the greatest reward and luxury of travel, which is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.

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'Janice Pearl D'souza & $andhan Chowdhury

Total Vote(s) : 365 | Total Testimonial(s) : 13

Sandhan and Janice go together like peanut butter and jelly. They belong to the generation that cherishes the world that they live in. He's been across Europe and the America's; She's covered Asia and Australia; They converged on the adventure trip of their lives - in Cape Town, South Africa! Sandhan is an entrepreneur. He started an NGO called S.H.A.R.E. (Save Human & Animal Rights & the Environment), for the welfare of humans, animals and the environment to spread awareness on pressing issues like global warming, environmental conservation, promotion of education, etc. He loves to travel and is also an experienced Martial Artist. Janice is a corporate consultant and an adventure specialist. She has consulted firms in Marketing and Branding and also offers corporate training to companies across India and abroad. She actively offers facilitation in adventure sports programs and is a fitness expert. Janice also actively blogs and reviews travel destinations, hotels and restaurants. Both of us have traveled extensively across India and abroad covering (cumulatively) around 12 countries and over 120 cites. Our passion to explore, both, cultures and cuisines across the world and to experience life to its fullest extent has driven us to take up occupations that do not confine us to a mundane existence in a cubicle. We shortly plan to host a travel show together and hope to realize this dream in the near future.

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Sachin Sharma
Sonia Sharma
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Sachin Sharma & Sonia Sharma

Total Vote(s) : 362 | Total Testimonial(s) : 13

Hi Friends, We are Sachin & Sonia from Himachal; though currently based at Ahmedabad. Born & brought up in the foothills of the Great Himalayas, the spirit of adventure and the passion to touch the sky comes natural! While Sonia is handling a finance portfolia at Mahindra Group, I have been trodding the globe while exercising my job at International Maketing! The Love for Driving, moving places & taking up challenges is what binds us together in our busy professional lives.

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Raj Rathore & Deepika Nikhanj

Total Vote(s) : 361 | Total Testimonial(s) : 9

I am Raj Singh Rathore , india's first ATV rider and a hardcore motor sport enthusiast, have won many bike rallies and championships also have won Desert Storm and Raid-de-Himalaya in bikes category.My partner Deepika is also a motor sport enthusiast and have travelled across the country. She has won second position in The Monsoon Ride Rally held recently in Jaipur which was her first event.

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Vineet Malhotra
Ranjeeta Malhotra
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Vineet Malhotra & Ranjeeta Malhotra

Total Vote(s) : 357 | Total Testimonial(s) : 142

We are Vineet & Ranjeeta Malhotra, from Delhi, India. I work as a Business Development Manager with a retail chain, while my wife Ranjeeta is a Training Manager with a Software developing Co.Few common things we share, we enjoy what we do weather it is work or we just hang around, we give our 100%. Im sure there's gonna be great fun & adventure with this event so where there's fun n adventure we are there and not to forget also big money . All the beautiful, nice people please vote us to the fullest. CHEERS!!!!!!!!

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