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I am now in my early fifties but thanks to regular outdoors and sports, feel quite energetic and young. My father was an Army man from the <b>Gurkha Rifles</b> and I am quite seeped in the fauji culture. I criss crossed the nation in my kid days. Joined the Indian Navy, through the <b>NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY</b> in 1969. I served in the Indian Navy for 22 years, quit and joined the Merchant Navy. Presently I work for the Offshore Oil Industry (ONGC) and am a Captain (Master Mariner)on board Offshore Ships. I was married in 1974 . My wife enjoys playing Golf and has a few Championships under her belt, including the Kirlosker Salver championship i 2005. It helps when two tango together in one's marriage, especially on the <b>Golf Course!</b> Nowadays I enjoy my Golf game and networking with my friends and fellow reviewers on <b>Mouthshut.</b> It is good fun! . My interests are many. Travelling, photogrophy, outdoor sports. Have played most sports at competetive level during my school days (Tennis, Squash, Swimming, Sailing,) as well as at the National Defence Academy/Indian Navy and continue to play sports to this day. These days I stick to <b>Golf</b>. I do believe that sports should be an integral part of ones lifestyle. The <b>Navy</b> taught me to <b>SCUBA DIVE.</b> I have dived in the coral reefs in Andamans/Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Maldives, Seychelles and was an avid <b>underwater photographer</b> till about 1985. I used to show my underwater slides at various seminars and was invited often to talk about my <b>Adventures Under the Sea.</b>
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A Great Movie From Across the Border
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Reviewed Khuda Ke Liye
Khudaa Ke Liyee My friends P and Lady R saw the movie last week. It was a House Full. Noted lots of women wearing burkhas in the theater. Our conversation at thread more...
Ride Like You Stole this Bike
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Reviewed Bajaj Pulsar 220
PULSAR 220: STREET FIGHTER: A REVIEW The P-220 is old hat now. I got mine early August and have done some 2000 kms already. Some other friends like GR and Arpanread more...
Ladakh Mobike Ride Trip Log
Reviewed Ladakh
We became grand parents to Anika, on 11 June 2007. We started our journey by Jhelum Express from Pune station to Jammu on the evening of 27th June. Arrived Jammread more...
Pulsar 200: Recall of all bikes
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Reviewed Bajaj Pulsar 200
Please be informed that all P-200 are likely to be recalled by Bajaj Auto Ltd because front fork has a major design defect/metal fatigue issues and a few bikes read more...
Ride to Ajanta Caves
Reviewed Ajanta & Ellora Caves - Aurangabad
TRIP LOG: NOMADS RIDE TO AJANTA CAVES Come 26th Jan, we trio Nomads Priyank, Suyash and me rode off Pune –Aurangabad – Ajanta- Aurangabad-Pune. Total some 730 kread more...
Madhur you messed up here.
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Reviewed Corporate
CORPORATE THE MOVIE Hey folks, have returned home after a stressful 67 days at sea and was really looking forward to destressing some way. Figured I would rideread more...
Awesome Movie but...
Reviewed Gangster
GANGSTER To beat the oppressive heat and power cut of Pune city, I went across to E Square to see the movie GANGSTER. I love gangsters and all gangster related read more...
Gifts for Me from my Children
Reviewed Choosing Gifts for a Father
CHOOSING GIFTS FOR YOUR PRECIOUS PAPPA The father in this story is me, Mariner2 and the gifters are my son, daughter, both in California and Son In Law To Be(Sread more...
My New Baby
Reviewed Nikon Coolpix L1
NIKON COOLPIX L1 I had busted my expensive Sony Digital Handy movie camera on my very first motorbike ride out to Karwar, on my Bajaj Avenger. The Avenger avengread more...
Cool Nice Beach Resort With Great Folks
Reviewed Harihareshwar Beach - Raigad
HARIHARESWAR RIDE Link to pictures on the comments page. OJAS POSTS THE RIDE I read a post of a bike ride to Harihareswar just a few days ago on BikeNomads, posread more...
Shirdi: Oh Sai What Have they Done To You!
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Reviewed Sai Ram Shirdi Dham
SOLO RIDE TO CHATEAU INDAGE, SHIRDI, KOPERGAON, AHMEDNAGAR, PUNE Have posted links in Comments for easy copy paste. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nanduchitnis/aread more...
Awesome Bike Trip to Ganapatifule
Reviewed Ganpatipule
THE AVENGER RIDES FROM PUNE TO GANAPATIFULE To get the full impact of this revu, open the photolink. Photo link: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nanduchitnis/alburead more...
A Nice Quaint Hill Station
Reviewed Matheran
MATHERAN TRIP LOG http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/pappupp/album?.dir=/f787&.src=ph&.tok=phGiNQEBuhDnnujP Introduction Matheran is a small hill station equi distanread more...
The Avenger Rides to Karwar
Reviewed Karwar
ROUTE LOG PUNE TO KARWAR Sorry Mouthshut missed the CNBC show because I was riding on my byke to Karwar. Have read some reviews though. 29th Oct Started to rideread more...
Surprise List
Reviewed Five Most Interesting MouthShut Ids
INSPIRING FOLKS: LESS ON WORDS BIG ON ACHIEVEMENTS I have been here on MouthShut for a while. Thanks to the M2M facility, I have been able to interact with a feread more...
Really? Will God Deliver?
Reviewed Bajaj Avenger 'I feel Like God' commercial
THE AVENGER ADVT.: FEEL LIKE GOD I had returned home from a stint at sea mid Sept.. While watching TV, Isaw this advertisement. Caught my attention. It?s anotheread more...
!!!I AM GOD!!!
Reviewed Bajaj Avenger
THE REVIEW Finally after a long wait, visiting showrooms endlessly, I got the bike I wanted…that bike is the powerhouse of a Beast they call, THE AVENGER.read more...
BOMBAY HIGH NORTH: WHAT A BLAST
Reviewed Mumbai Monsoon Disaster 2005
HELL FIRE AND EXPLOSION BOMBAY HIGH NORTH FIELD. GREATEST MARITIME DISASTER IN THE HISTORY OF OFFSHORE OIL OPERATIONS I was there. * This is a first hand story.read more...
WHAT A BLAST!!!!!
Reviewed Bombay High - Andheri - Mumbai
HELL FIRE AND EXPLOSION BOMBAY HIGH NORTH FIELD. GREATEST MARITIME DISASTER IN THE HISTORY OF OFFSHORE OIL OPERATIONS I was there. This is a first hand story. read more...
!!THEY BLEW MY TOP!!
Reviewed HDFC Bank
HDFC BANK Opening an Account drove me insane My Mumbai associate Rajat requested me to open an account with HDFC Bank in Pune for quicker money transfers as SBIread more...
Continuous Order cl, uneducated customer service.
Reviewed Flipkart
I am writing this out of extreme frustration after facing continuous order cancellations and delivery failures for over 2 months, despite being a Gold Plus custread more...
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Commented on own review
Review of the Day? Tis an old review...but yes good to know that...thx.. :-)
Nishi06: Pendharkar Bajaj Probiking outlet is on Sinhagad Rd bang opp Pu-La Deshpande Park
Just go n buy the bike...I hear there is a special edition launch.
You will have a damn good time...I used to Command Sagar Vijay...as in I was a Master there
Commented on faisal's article
Hey Faisal My Resume is there in my Reviews!!! You have a job for me? Let me know. Nandu
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Commented on jasmine's article
Yep How bout a meet to celebrate!!
Whoopee! India won
I paid Rs 86 k in Pune on the road..
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http://nanduchitnis.blogspot.com/ For the complete story of the Ladakh ride is on my blog posted above.
Commented on Ilyasmd's review
This is a very misleading info. Read my revu. ALL 200 forks hv been replaced free to cutomer by Bajaj Auto. The new forks are fine. This thing about P-200 is very old hat. Dont mislead consumers. I am no Bajaj fan Pl read my revu Captain NJ Chitnis Mariner2 BikeNomads
Commented on roger.k's review
The fork issue is all in the past. All P-200 forks hv been replaced free to customers. And none want to sell out either. The P-200 is the best designed bike in its category. Despite initial glitches, the bike is selling very well in the market.
Commented on firstautumn's review
Nice to see u back here Doc...where hv u been? Fatcat, dude howz u been man? Bout time we ole timers had a do together. Will read the review later... Nandu
Handling of the bike is the same as b4...no probs
The fork has been replaced. The new fork is NOT the same as the orignally fitted fork. It has a bigger dia and looks strong. Will hv to wait to see how the bike behaves once on the road again
Commented on mustafas's review
run in the bike properly or did u push the bike to the limits from day 1? I hv high regards for the Uni...not a top end bike like the ZMA, but certainly most Uni owners are a very satisfied lot. Rode the bike at Lavasa twisties...admirable handling and great torque. You know best coz u have ripped t read more...
Commented on main_chup's review
Your list would have been perfect...but is not...dude u missed putting mariner2 at No 5!!!! Funky review
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