Meenakshi Das is a little over 40 years old, a fitness trainer In Guwahati, Assam and a biker. In December 2023, she set out to see the world, solo, and on her motorcycle (a Bajaj Dominar). Her goal is to create history as the first woman on a solo bike ride across the world.
Riding 10 hours a day, she is currently in the United Kingdom (UK), after having covered 28 countries of the 67 she has targeted to cover. All she has on the journey are two sets of riding gear and a couple of thick jackets and clothes for herself. She says she has learnt one thing : “No one cares what religion I follow when they offer help’.
Over a phone call from the UK, Meenakshi says, “I told my family to give me one year to do this solo bike ride across the world. I wanted to do something that no woman has done so far. It is also to overcome my fears and tell the world that women can do whatever they want if make up their minds.”
