Mutiny bikes editor9/27/2023 Awards: Padma Shri (1966) / Padma Bhushan (1973) / Padma Vibhushan (1991) Government of India /Raja Ravi Varma Award (2007), Govt of Kerala /National Art Award (2004) Lalit Kala Akademi,New Delhi /Aditya Vikram Birla ‘Kalashikkar’Award ,Lifetime Achievement(1997)/First Prize- National Exhibition of Art (1955),Lalit Kala Akademi,New Delhi etc. – Founder Member, Bombay Progressive Artists Group Member of Parliament : Member of Rajya Sabha (1986-1992) First Exhibition-Zurich(1952) / First Exhibition-New York(1964) February 08th, 2023)Ī P J Abdul Kalam : President of India. Royal Families, PreIndependence -Descendants (wef. ![]() Indian Muslims in World War I and II (wef.Freedom Fighters (under research project).First War of Independence 1857 / Naval Mutiny 1946 / Others PreIndependece (wef.Events, Exhibitions, Conferences (wef.Education (Gold Medallists, Toppers, Merits, Achievers) wef.Source: / The Hindu / Home> Features> MetroPlus / by Priyadershini S / Kochi – March 16th, 2016 Post navigation I hope my act will help do so,” she says, putting on her helmet. “We all want to ‘be the change’ but only a few step out to bring in that change. Each place has its beauty,” says Sana preparing her onward mission. Kerala has narrow roads and Rajasthan wide ones but it has a lot of animal traffic. ![]() “Every State has a different traffic sense. The North East States are next on her plan. From here she moves on to Thiruvananthapuram and Kanyakumari. In the city, Sana addressed students at Chinmaya Vidyalaya and at SCMS College. India’s burgeoning biker community is her network, friends that help her with boarding, lodging and connectivity. To control one’s anger and to be forgiving are two messages that she wishes to give youngsters. He was so startled at my response and wondered why I was not threatening him,” she recalls pointing out that kind words can change a situation. “When the man whose car had hit my bike came to see what had happened, when I least expected the gesture, I said thank you. An accident in Rajasthan left her frightened but she changed a hostile situation by her approach. In fact, the gentleman commended her efforts and requested her to disseminate the message that Uttar Pradesh is safe and not a lawless state as thought to be. In Jhansi where her bike had a flat, she was not charged any fee. On the contrary she has found camaraderie everywhere she has been to. As a lone female rider she has not encountered any problems that have required help. “Our country is the safest place for women,” she says, dispelling the prevailing idea that India is unsafe for women. She carries a knife with her, one that she has never needed. Local people and truck drivers are her navigators and she rides along where the road takes her to. She starts her day early and ends at sunset. So far she has covered 10 States and Kochi is the 50th city she has visited. Sana began the ride in November from Goa, where she had been participating in a rally. Make happiness contagious is her message to fellow beings, which is imprinted boldly on a placard fixed to her Royal Enfield. “When the aspirations of a normal life fail then extraordinary things happen.” she says on her decision to undertake this ride of a lifetime, a mission. With it also came a desire to help society with this thinking, to propagate a positive attitude among youngsters and her peers. She felt that solution to life’s problems was in perception, in looking at the other side. Passers-by cheered her, children gathered around her in curiosity and waved her luck as she rode little gestures that alleviated her grief. There she found support and encouragement from unexpected quarters. But in a desperate state, Sana undertook a long solo journey. Till then she drove not beyond 20 km of central Hyderabad. ![]() Though she began young as a biker, as early as in school, she took to hardcore riding only last September. She is simultaneously pursuing a Master’s in Psychology and does corporate training sessions on behavioural skills. So Sana talks on matters that trouble young minds from subjects as innocuous as acne problems to complex ones on relationships, career, marriage, depression and suicide. Today, the 28-year-old is journeying solo across the length and breadth of the country conducting sessions on tackling issues related to the young. A personal reversal had driven the young mother to abject depression, even to a point when she hoped a bike accident on the highway would bring a quick end to her misery. The wheels of life often take unchartered routes and open new vistas, just as they did for biker and life coach Sana Iqbal from Hyderabad. Sana Iqbal, a solo biker, is on a mission to create awareness against suicide and on depression
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