What is Vande Maataram?
It was the largest movement that united all the
people of India before Independence. And it is now going to unite all the youth
of the nation to come forward and vote.
The bikers of
the country are uniting to undertake the largest ever biker movement to help
build a bright future of this great nation. The movement is spearheaded by
Bharadwaj Dayala, the first Indian to go around the world on his motorcycle.
The ride
29 riders representing 29 states of India will
ride to each and every state capital, meeting and energizing the youth all
along the way. They are not supported by anyone but the people of this country.
No politics, no parties, no persons. It’s just the Call of duty!
The ride will start from Mumbai
on 15th March 2014, with the largest number of bikers
coming to support the National Team of 29 riders. The rally ends at New Delhi
with the largest ever gathering of bikers in the world (the event will feature
in the Guinness book of
World Records).
A bit about our national song
Vandemaatram movement is
based on Vande Mataram, our national song which means "I bow to thee, Mother" ,It is a hymn to the Mother
Land taken from a poem by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1882
novel Anandamath. Written
in both Bengali and Sanskrit.
It played
a vital role in the Indian independence movement, inspired people to
attain independence. First sung in a political context by Rabindranath
Tagore, at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress. In
1950, post independence, when India became a republic, only the
first two verses (stanzas) were taken as the national song.
Our freedom
fighters laid their lives to earn a free nation for us. We were born in a free
and modern, developing nation. A country, that the whole world looks upto not
just for our rich cultural heritage but also for being an upcoming economy.
We too have a role to play as
the citizens of the largest democracy in the world; it’s certainly no mean
feat! The need of the hour
is exercising our rights as well as fulfilling duties towards
our nation. We have to help get the right people to form our government.
Vande Maataram
movement is launched just to address that - our little bit for our great
nation. Everyone do your duty, go out and vote!
Now that we understand the
idea behind Vandemaatram, Everyone is going to be a part of it either
out there on the field or in the neighbourhood voting and inspiring everyone in
the locality to do so. Youth
has the charm and the power to move an entire nation!
Selecting the riders
The riders were asked to register by emailing their details
to team Vandemaatram. Based on the applications received the riders were chosen
for this ride.
Vande
Maataram, has already gained so much of support from everyone, if
you go by the social media there are more than 7600 people already supporting
the cause and the numbers are going up each moment. It shows that we all have
the pride of our nation as the topmost priority. It’s not even a month
when the idea was born. This is an achievement for sure, the achievement is
certainly not numbers but the fact that people, citizens of this
country are united in the idea and
have something great and unique to look forward to. The riders/ rider groups
from the different states can join the ride in their own home states and be a
part of this unique mission.
Bharadwaj Dayala's thoughts behind the launch of
Vandemaataram
"When I thought of this idea (Educating the youth of India the importance
of their vote), I was not very sure whether I'll be able to do it or not. As
time passes by, few more gave me a thumbs
up for this noble cause and motivated me to proceed.
Now,
after looking at the response from people around the country (your queries,
motivation, curiosity and most importantly willingness to join & support
this movement) has built the
confidence in me that We'll make it happen. I would
like to thank personally each and every individual supporting this cause of uniting
our nation once again. Let’s spread out and tell everyone out there that "We
are coming for you in your city / college on our motorcycles just for your
support".
---Vande Maataram Movement--- 15th March 2014 from Mumbai.
A lot of planning has gone into finalising the route, Bharadwaj Dayala has worked day in and
out with his team of bikers to finalise the dates and the riding plan.
Date
Departure Arrival Stay Distance
15-Mar Mumbai
Goa Goa 600
16-Mar Goa Chitradurga Chitradurga 360
17-Mar Chitradurga Bangalore Bangalore 210
18-Mar Bangalore Tenkasi Tenkasi 600
19-Mar Tenkasi Trivandrum Trivandrum 120
19-Mar Trivandrum Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli 450
20-Mar Tiruchirappalli Pondicherry 210
21-Mar Pondicherry Chennai Chennai 160
22-Mar Chennai Hyderabad Hyderabad 650
23-Mar Hyderabad Adilabad Adilabad 310
24-Mar Adilabad Raipur Raipur 600
25-Mar Raipur Sambhalpur Sambhalpur 300
26-Mar Sambhalpur Bhubhaneshwr Bhubaneswr 300
27-Mar BhubhaneshwarRanchi Ranchi 510
28-Mar Ranchi Calcutta Calcutta 400
29-Mar Calcutta Farakka Barrage Farakka Barrag 300
30-Mar Farakka BarrageSiliguri Siliguri 400
31-Mar Siliguri Bongaigaon Bongaigaon 260
1-Apr Bongaigaon Shillong Shillong 300
2-Apr Shillong Guwahati Guwahati 450
3-Apr Guwahati Bongaigaon Bongaigaon 200
4-Apr Bongaigaon Gangtok Gangtok 360
5-Apr Gangtok
6-Apr Gangtok Dalkhola Dalkhola 250
7-Apr Dalkhola Patna 350
8-Apr Patna Lucknow Lucknow 550
9-Apr Lucknow Rampur Rampur 310
10-Apr Rampur Dehradun 250
11-Apr Dehradun Shimla 250
12-Apr Shimla Jammu Jammu 450
13-Apr Jammu Chandigarh Chandigarh 350
14-Apr Chandigarh Delhi Delhi 250
15-Apr Delhi Delhi
16-Apr Delhi Jaipur Jaipur 300
17-Apr Jaipur Bhopal Bhopal 600
18-Apr Bhopal Indore 200
19-Apr Indore
20-Apr Indore Gandhinagar Gandhinagar 420
21-Apr Gandhinagar Ahmedabad 30
22-Apr Ahmedabad Daman Daman 350
23-Apr Daman
24-Apr
Daman Mumbai Mumbai 150
Now coming up is the execution part,
Money can't buy happiness they say but happiness of this magnitude sure needs
the basic funds, talks are on to mobilise that. But it has been on a short
notice, as the plan itself is not more than a month old. But it was so
captivating and powerful that everything is falling in place and the Ride is
all set to kick start. Everyone
connected is emotionally attached with the purpose of this ride. The team
is hopeful that sponsors may join hands along the way. For the 40 days ride the
budget required is a little over 1 lakh rupees per rider. The ride is
anyway taking off on schedule and riders have pooled in their own money. Team
Vandemaataram is trying to
arrange sponsorship for the ride. Talks are on with a lot of big players and
they are awaiting response from them.
It certainly
would be a delight if people,
the business owners themselves support the cause. Every city the petrol
pump owners, accommodation providers and hotel and restaurant owners can come
forward and play the vital role. This support can ease a lot of financial
pressures that the riders may face.
Check our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Vandemaataram2014
Join there and support the cause! You'll love the journey and
will be proud of your role.
Get spotted or you'll be spotted
