‘The ultimate adventure': Why more Indian travelers are taking extreme road trips

Meenakshi Sai, 51, is an Indian woman who has been driving since she was 18 years old. Only 7% of India’s 236 million drivers are women. Sai recently led a team of eight Indians who drove 20,000 km (12,430 miles) across five countries to raise awareness about cervical cancer. Road tripping is becoming more popular in India due to better vehicles and roads. Sai now runs an overland driving company that organizes road trips across various countries. In 2001, Rishad Saam Mehta, 51, drove from Delhi to the Nubra Valley in northeast India, starting his love for road trips. Tushar Agarwal, a software engineer, drove from London to Delhi in 2010, which led him to co-found Adventures Overland, one of India’s biggest road trip companies. Agarwal has traveled to 92 countries and gone on road trips across six continents.