Image gallery: Renault Kwid 29 States 29 Days challenge, part 1

We’d set ourselves a challenge. Drive through 29 states of India in 29 days, in the process setting an FMSCI-ratified national record with the Renault Kwid. Tick off each and every state in the country, in the peak of the monsoons, in – what everybody labels as – a city car. No half measures for us! If we were to do something, it not only had to be difficult it had to be unexpected. You expect a Kwid to work well in the city, but can it take on the length, breadth and width of our country, all its attendant challenges, the roads and no roads, and all while running against the clock and ferrying us able-bodied journos who always seem to be hungry? Here’s a glimpse of the first leg of our epic journey starting from Delhi’s insane traffic to roads snaking through Punjab’s lush fields; from UP and Bihar’s blistering heat, to Arunachal’s  intoxicating mountain air; from the North East’s kaleidoscopic scenery and crazy roads to Shillong.

Check out our blogs on the 29 States 29 Days here.