New Mud

South India Gets A New Off-Road Academy, And Mahindra Is Just Getting Started.

- Aadil Naik

If you really want to get good at something, go to school. De-spite that statement, though, we Indians are strikingly unaware of such schools that would bestow on us the skills we need to efficiently and safely carry out an activity that is close to our hearts — getting dirty. No, not that. I mean driving cars off-road, into dirt, mud and forests. Thankfully, Mahindra Adventure, launched in 2011 as a separate entity, has been doing just that at its Igatpuri facility in Maharashtra. A sprawling 30 acre property plays host to a myriad of activities, obstacles and training programmes where the best in the business teach you how to tackle terrain you wouldn’t be comfortable doing on your own. But Igatpuri is only easily accessible to those living in the wes