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From the completely juvenile yet brilliant mind of Sidharth Sharotri comes a compilation of his ‘serious automobile journalism’ work, which consisted of him driving posh cars and making up stories around them for newspapers.
These highly technical (read: not at all technical) articles first appeared in a weekly motoring page called Honk in Deccan Chronicle and Asian Age between 2013 and 2015, which this author was exclusively entrusted with.
Letters from the Open Road does exactly what his newspaper articles did – make the reader giggle a little bit while making them wonder if they should chase their own childhood dreams.
Sidharth Sharotri
Sidharth Sharotri has worn many hats; primarily because he’s losing his hair. Professionally though, he’s been a senior management recruiter and a corporate trainer, both of which he gave up to pursue the one true love of his life – whiskey. No. Automobile journalism.
He wrote a weekly motoring page for Deccan Chronicle and Asian Age called Honk, which brought luxury cars, fast motorcycles, and other interesting machines to a mainstream newspaper-reading audience. His by-lines are also to be found in The Hindu as well in magazines like Outlook Splurge, CEO Lifestyle Magazine, Vistara, and Trujetter. That’s as far as he can remember.
This Bangalorean, now based in Gurgaon, spends his days designing and creating strategic communication for his corporate clients while continuing to do auto journalism as often as he can.
