About Rajat Ubhaykar
Author bio, background, and online presence
Profile
Traveller and writer; formerly a business journalist. Bio details and the official publisher profile are on Simon & Schuster.
Official pages
Personal site: rajatu.wordpress.com
Publisher page: Simon & Schuster author profile
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X (Twitter): @rajatub
Book introduction
What the book covers, and why it matters
Overview
Truck De India follows a 10,000 km hitchhiking journey with truck drivers across India, documenting unexpected friendships, hazards of overloading, regional truck art traditions, encounters with corruption, and the generosity of strangers.
Recommended starting points
Publisher synopsis and details: Simon & Schuster
Long-form author interview on the writing process: Scroll.in
Reviews, features & press
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A perceptive and grounded travelogue that captures the lives powering India’s highways.
An immersive account of highways, hazards, and humanity.
Joy rides across India’s arterial roads, told with curiosity and restraint.
An epiphanic ride through India’s trucking culture.
A compassionate look at the complex lives of Indian truckers.
Stories of sex, drugs, and the highway economy.
A rare look at the drivers of India’s growth.
A hitchhiker’s account of adventures and mishaps across India.
A hitchhiker’s guide to Hindustan.
A journey to India’s four corners by truck.
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Author bio (short)
Rajat Ubhaykar is a writer and former business journalist. His debut travelogue, Truck De India: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Hindustan, chronicles a 10,000 km journey hitchhiking with truck drivers across India, exploring highways, logistics, labour, and life on the road.
Author bio (long)
Rajat Ubhaykar is a writer and former business journalist whose work focuses on travel, infrastructure, labour, and everyday India. His book Truck De India: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Hindustan is based on an unplanned 10,000 km journey hitchhiking with truck drivers across the country. Blending reportage with travel writing, the book examines trucking culture, highway economies, truck art, migration, and the social realities that power India’s supply chains. The book has been widely reviewed and featured across national and international media.
Book information
Title: Truck De India: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Hindustan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster India
Publication year: 2019
Genre: Travel writing / Narrative nonfiction
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Posts and updates: rajatu.wordpress.com
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Contact
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Email: rajatu@gmail.com