The Road Is Where It All Begins
Literary Rides is not a metaphor. It is a name born on the highway — on the seat of a Royal Enfield, somewhere between a lecture and a horizon. The professor in the classroom and the rider on the open road are not two different people. They are the same conviction expressed in two different languages: the courage to keep moving forward.
Rides Across India
From the Western Ghats to Chittor Fort, from Melghat Tiger Reserve to the coast — every ride a different India.
Beach ride — Classic 350
Melghat Tiger Reserve — solo on Classic 350
Green hills stop
Western Ghats, Maharashtra
Into the forest
Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 · Sahyadri Mountains
Canyon road pass
Chittor Fort, Rajasthan
Himalayan 450 — Sahyadri mountain ranges
Classic 350 — canyon mountain pass
Two Bikes. Two Kinds of Road.
Royal Enfield Classic 350
The everyday companion. Built for long stretches of highway, the Classic 350 (MH10DR8008) is where Literary Rides began — on the seat of this machine, somewhere between Amravati and an open horizon. Unhurried, dependable, timeless. Much like the books that travel with it.
Royal Enfield Himalayan 450
Built for places roads forget to reach. The Himalayan 450 (DL3SFY0408) takes the ride beyond the tarmac — into forests, along river beds, up to altitudes where the air gets thin and the thinking gets clear. The best ideas arrive in exactly those places.
Royal Enfield Classic 350 — mountain road
Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 — off-road
Wildlife & Nature Photography
The rides lead to places. The places lead to encounters. Shot with a Sony Alpha 200-600mm — these are not planned compositions. They are moments the road delivered.
Greater Flamingo — taking flight
Flamingo pair — courtship display
Spotted Owlet · © Vishwanath Bite
Sony Alpha 200-600mm · on the water
In the field — forest shoot
Glossy Ibis — iridescent plumage
Sony Alpha · Every frame a conversation with the road
What Riding and Teaching Share
I have spent 15 years in classrooms and thousands of hours on roads. The more time I spend in both places, the more I notice they ask the same things of you.
Both riding and teaching demand that you be fully present. On a bike at 80 km/h, the past and future dissolve — there is only the road ahead. In a classroom where a student is seeing something for the first time, theory and analysis dissolve — there is only that moment of understanding. Literary Rides is named for both of these experiences, because I believe the best learning, like the best riding, happens when you stop gripping and start flowing.
— Dr. Vishwanath Bite
Follow the Ride on Instagram
Ride diaries, wildlife photography, and the road between lectures — all on Instagram at @vishwanathbite.