RiderJosh is a biker hailing from Hyderabad, who focuses mainly on helping out the needy and riding for social causes. His escapades don't just end in India - he's travelled to various parts of the world, around 8 countries, helping and supporting local tribes.
In this video interview, we ask him about his experiences and what all he has achieved until now, also speaking about his Padma Shri Award.
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In this video interview, we ask him about his experiences and what all he has achieved until now, also speaking about his Padma Shri Award.
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00:00 But there are many kids, even if they are not getting food for one week, they are falling
00:05 on the downstairs there.
00:07 And they have no place to go.
00:09 So that's the time I decided, yes.
00:13 Yeah, so in Thailand, I faced an issue.
00:20 My chain got broke.
00:21 And luckily what they did before I going to the showroom, I took a picture of the same
00:26 thing.
00:27 And I didn't know that they went to the bike, they brought the bike to the showroom, and
00:32 then they did a Google translation, telling that, "Kisak, we don't have the same chain,
00:38 and we cannot fix the link, but we can help you to go to Bangkok."
00:43 So while in Philbagh, they did it in Kawasaki showroom.
00:47 Kawasaki showroom, imagine.
00:51 And that is why they did it.
01:00 So in front of you, the other camera is Vedant Juhari.
01:07 So guys, over here in the screen, what we are having is the Rider Joes, the man of pride,
01:15 I can say, and who does a lot of noble cause rights, not only in India, but all over the
01:22 world.
01:23 So thank you for joining this wonderful session.
01:27 Thank you, Rider Joes.
01:28 Okay.
01:29 Hi guys.
01:30 I'm Rider Joes, and I'm one of the Influence Riders of India.
01:34 I've been to eight countries with a motto called "Donate Organs and Save Life."
01:39 I do a lot of charity events.
01:42 I do support orphanages in Africa, Philippines, Nepal, and India as well.
01:48 I'm a social worker, and I proudly can say that I was even the first Indian rider to
01:54 be nominated for Padma Shri.
01:57 And I'm a member of World Human Rights Protection Commission.
02:01 And I received a doctorate because of my social works and all.
02:08 And I love traveling, and I don't ride for fun.
02:12 All my rides or whatever the traveling I did, in my bike, I did 80,000 kilometers.
02:18 In my car, I did 240,000 kilometers, which was brought in 2019.
02:23 And I do have other cars.
02:25 So in that also, I did 70 to 80,000 kilometers.
02:28 So most of the orphanages are in the main, main cities, not in the interior areas.
02:36 So our mission is "Reach the Unreached."
02:38 Go to the places where people don't like to go.
02:42 And that is the reason bike is one of the easiest communication way.
02:46 Even when I ride from one city to another city, I carry food, water bottle, clothes,
02:52 slippers, and first aid for the mentally challenged people on the roadside.
02:57 And on the way, whomever I find, if I can give them first aid, I try to give them first
03:03 aid.
03:04 So this is what I do.
03:07 And I hope it's not a long introduction.
03:09 Since you said like, motorcycle is the easiest, you know, travel and a medium for you.
03:18 So how long you've been riding the motorcycle?
03:21 I started riding the motorcycle from 2015, you can say, but not so long trips.
03:27 My first bike is Ambition, which was brought by my dad, but with my own money, which I
03:34 brought was Charisma.
03:35 So I did.
03:37 So at the time, I used to support an orphanage in Indore.
03:40 I mean, not support, I have an orphanage with my other friends in Indore.
03:45 So I rode all the way from Vijayawada to Indore in, let's say, 2012.
03:55 And I felt very happy, you know, riding and, you know, to the new places at that time,
04:01 nothing, no safety gears, nothing.
04:04 But from the beginning, for some reason, I always wear a nice helmet.
04:09 And I got this, that time it was newly come or something that like, you know, the helmet
04:15 which you can open up.
04:16 Yeah, yeah, flip-flop type.
04:18 And I was doing that.
04:20 And it was, I mean, like, I felt very happy.
04:23 And then I started continuing that.
04:25 And after I, 2013, when I been to Shillong, I stayed in Shillong for a few years, almost
04:32 all seven years.
04:34 And there I saw the riding community.
04:36 They are very huge.
04:38 And there are like, you know, things happening and all.
04:42 Then I started meeting people.
04:43 And then I raised my interest and all the stuff and also yes, that's how.
04:50 And you can say that 11, 12, I start thing, but most strong in riding community you can
04:55 say is from 2017.
04:56 Oh, great, great, great to know that.
05:00 As we all know that you ride for a noble cause always.
05:04 And you go to the place not where most of the people can't go, especially the authentic
05:10 tribals and do the charity works, help them, so many activities you are doing.
05:16 So when this was started and how you got inspired to do that?
05:20 Okay, so the inspiration is like, I ran out of the house at the age of 14.
05:27 I lived my life like a beggar for two years.
05:30 I was begging in the railway station, eating food from the destabings.
05:35 And I ran because of my ego, or you can say that like, I feel like my dad is always straight
05:41 because our parents are always there to care for us, right?
05:46 And you know, in our age, like, you know, parents are very strict, not like these days
05:52 ski, you know, you can do whatever you want.
05:54 Even you find out with a small mistake in the home, there is always two to three sticks
05:59 ready to correct you, right?
06:02 So I don't know about other people.
06:04 I got beaten up by my dad like anything, but like, see, it's not that they hate us.
06:10 It is the love they don't want us to face many issues, which made me to be like this,
06:17 what I am now, which nobody can imagine.
06:20 So and it is always like I also want to tell all the kids, listen to your parents.
06:27 They may little bit harsh to you.
06:29 But like, you know, sometimes that harsh things, you may not, it may not give you temporary
06:35 happiness, but it will give you a long time safety and a long term happiness.
06:41 So that's what and I ran and I understood because of anger I came out, but there are
06:47 really people, there are kids over there where their parents are dead, their relatives kicked
06:52 them out of the house.
06:54 And I saw these and it really touched my heart.
06:57 And after that, I decided no matter what I have to leave for these people.
07:02 And on the one day, I mean, it was like, you know, I was getting unconsciousness.
07:07 I was begging like anything.
07:08 There is no food from, say, like, past three days.
07:13 And I'm so hungry.
07:17 And I was drinking water, water, water, and I couldn't get it.
07:22 And there was one completely rotten bread.
07:27 I washed it and I ate.
07:29 But that day, I decided why should I go like this when I have a home and I went back home
07:37 and I decided if I am having everything, I mean, having parents and all, I ran out of
07:42 like this.
07:43 I have an option of going back home.
07:45 But there are many kids, even they are not getting food for one week.
07:49 They are falling on the downstairs there and they have no place to go.
07:54 So that's the time I decided, yes, we need to stand for these people and all these things.
08:03 And then I started working very hard and, you know, should stand for these people.
08:11 And we do help kids with the heart surgeries.
08:14 We do help kids with cancer treatment and many other things.
08:20 So that's what so that's the main cause me to be like this into this position.
08:26 I can say that, you know, we felt you, you know, when TS came, we felt you.
08:32 And yeah, I can understand when you talk about the parents thing.
08:36 I recently lost my dad.
08:37 So I know how badly he supported my dreams.
08:41 And you know, when something happens, he was there to support me all the time.
08:45 Like, yeah.
08:46 How many countries you have visited so far right now?
08:49 And I did in 2020, I've been from India to Singapore, covering eight countries.
08:55 And at the COVID time, unfortunately, so they said, sir, please go back to your home.
09:01 COVID is very high now.
09:02 So I entered on March 13th or 14th.
09:08 I exactly don't remember the date.
09:10 That day the borders are closed.
09:12 And it was closed till today.
09:14 It was not open.
09:15 I was waiting for Myanmar borders to be open, and it is not getting open.
09:20 So finally, I decided that I'll ship my bike right now from India to Singapore.
09:27 Start right from there.
09:29 Okay.
09:30 So since like, you know, you already have covered so many foreign countries as well.
09:37 Have you faced any struggles or any interesting factor or something, you know, make you unforgettable
09:45 moments?
09:46 Many times.
09:47 Yeah.
09:48 So I always concentrate on positive sides.
09:51 Okay.
09:52 And thank God, like, you know, you be positive and positive things happens to you.
09:57 And there was some incidents like especially on right.
10:01 So in Thailand, I faced an issue, my chain got broke.
10:05 Then what happened?
10:06 It was like hot and I don't speak Thai, they don't speak English.
10:10 And I was somewhere in the border.
10:12 Then I was literally looking and then suddenly there was a guy came on the bike.
10:17 And he said, what happened?
10:20 So he understood that I'm a foreigner.
10:22 So I told him that, bro, this is the chain got broke.
10:25 So he understood.
10:26 He said, Okay, sit on my bike.
10:28 So I was thinking by middle of the road to get to the like, I left the bike in the middle
10:33 of the road.
10:34 So then I went to he took me to the showroom.
10:36 And luckily what they did before I go into the showroom, I took a picture of the same
10:40 thing.
10:41 And I went to showroom, Kawasaki showroom.
10:44 And those guys, they asked me, they saw me then the moment they didn't ask me any questions,
10:50 they give me a water to drink because it's super hot there.
10:52 So they understood that I'm a rider at that also I'm a foreign rider.
10:56 And then I got stuck with something.
10:58 So I showed them the picture and all.
11:00 So they said, Okay, okay, please wait half an hour, one hour, I was thinking what are
11:05 these people doing?
11:06 Well, it been already 45 minutes and they are not telling I was thinking that they will
11:10 come and talk to me and explaining me about this.
11:14 And I didn't know that they went to the bike, they brought the bike to the showroom.
11:19 And then they did a Google translation telling that, we don't have the same chain, and we
11:26 cannot fix the link, but we can help you to go to Bangkok.
11:30 Okay, so I said, Okay, perfectly fine.
11:33 Just make me to reach Bangkok because we have an oil and fuel showroom there.
11:38 And my goodness, the way they did it, they you know, the lower arm, this thing, they
11:43 cut it and they moved the tire a little bit front, and they fix the same chain.
11:48 And what they did is they didn't give me the bike, they called me outside and after one
11:53 hour I went and what's happening with the bike and all they said, five minutes or it's
11:57 gonna be finished.
11:58 They make their rider to ride in 60 kilometers speed, 70 kilometers speed, 80 kilometers
12:05 speed, rounding their showroom and putting a sudden brakes and to recheck that, that
12:11 chain will not give me any problem anymore on the way.
12:17 And it was super cool.
12:19 I mean, like, you know, I mean, there are many times I said just all the people now
12:24 be nice, and people will be surely nice to you.
12:28 Yes.
12:29 It was a Kawasaki 650 versus.
12:34 No, my bike is a Himalayan 411.
12:39 So oil and fuel bike only they have that they did in Kawasaki showroom.
12:43 Kawasaki showroom, imagine.
12:45 And that is why they said, sir, we don't have the same chain.
12:52 So that I can fix your bike, but there is need to be do some changes.
12:57 I said, go ahead, but make sure that I reach Bangkok, because they're only I get the oil
13:03 and fuel showroom.
13:04 So then see that, like, you know, maybe they can say that, sorry, we are unable to do it.
13:10 Then if I am towing the vehicle, imagine I need to spend a lot of money.
13:16 And not the one best thing, which I like in them was, it's not just that, you know, they
13:22 stop the, they just fix it and they just give it to you.
13:26 They rode it five to six rounds.
13:28 They call me, they made me to see, sir, 80 speed, 90 speed, 100 speed.
13:33 They are putting shunt brakes, going on the bumps.
13:36 Oh, my God, I really, you know, very thankful to them, you know.
13:42 So this is what happened there.
13:45 Yeah.
13:46 And there was one time in Myanmar, we lost the route and then we are suddenly standing
13:52 in the middle of nowhere.
13:54 And then suddenly people saw us like, you know, riding.
13:58 And first they got, I must be thinking, they must be got scared.
14:00 Who are these people entering into our private territories?
14:04 So then we understood that we are in the wrong place.
14:07 Then they suddenly like, you know, we are talking to each other and checking the maps
14:11 and all.
14:12 And suddenly some people, they brought chairs and they said, OK, you sit, sit.
14:16 They can't speak.
14:17 I mean, like, we are like, oh, OK, OK, thank you so much.
14:21 But no, no, we need to go, you know.
14:24 And that's what it was like really an amazing moment.
14:28 Yeah.
14:29 So but, you know, one best thing with the riding community, you are nowhere alone.
14:34 Exactly.
14:35 You are never, ever alone.
14:38 Call, then like right now, I want to speak about Singapore.
14:42 I'm going to Singapore.
14:43 Sometimes, can we trust somebody to give a visa?
14:47 Right.
14:48 We don't trust with someone, right.
14:50 And especially Singapore, people are very like, you know, straightforward and all.
14:55 See, they never saw me.
14:58 So they have one bikers club and Canada has helped me with like I just told him, I'm coming
15:05 on these dates.
15:06 So I may be requiring your help.
15:08 And I said, if you apply a visa, it would be easy for me.
15:11 Then I am sending my passport to Chennai and all.
15:15 And imagine within two days, he just said, Josh, send me your documentation.
15:20 Within two days, like, you know, they gave me the visa.
15:24 So that great the biking communities everywhere and they are waiting.
15:30 And I mean, I mean, riders being a rider, I do.
15:33 I am a solo rider.
15:34 I can many people ask, how can you do a solo ride in international?
15:37 I said, no worries.
15:39 I have a family everywhere.
15:40 In Malaysia, I have family.
15:42 In Thailand, I have a great family.
15:45 And like name any country, I have friends over there.
15:48 And like there are people even in Malaysia, there are like one family last time when I'm
15:53 riding.
15:54 So now I call him a papa, spiritual dad type thing and all.
15:59 Riding dad, I can say that.
16:01 Every day, he used to say that, Josh, good morning.
16:04 Have a safe ride.
16:05 Josh, good night.
16:06 I hope you reach safe.
16:07 Take care.
16:08 He never knew me.
16:09 And later when I reached Malaysia, I was super surprised to know that he's a retired and
16:13 high police officer, you know, and like the way they care for us.
16:18 And now every time I go, I have a family.
16:20 I mean, I stay in their house.
16:22 I cannot stay in other places, you know.
16:24 And when I visit Malaysia, they are like even now for my Malaysia multiple entry visa, they
16:30 send me all the documents.
16:32 So this is what a riding community is, you know.
16:36 Many people, they don't understand how great we are.
16:39 So but yeah, that's the thing.
16:42 But we are also trying to do with the Twice Park community, two wheels community.
16:47 And we are organizing, you know, gather every riders to become one community where we can
16:53 do a lot of courses.
16:54 And you know, anywhere like if, for example, you have family, there are some beginners
16:59 wants to come.
17:00 If they don't know anyone, at least, you know, if you are in this community, we know our
17:05 chap is coming to Mumbai or he's coming to Thailand.
17:08 Please do take care of him.
17:09 The images are something.
17:11 So recently, there was some incident happened.
17:14 One of my friend was on the way and he got some met with an accident.
17:19 All of a sudden, we just pass a message.
17:21 The local riders people went there, took him, go to the hospital, did the first aid and
17:26 everything.
17:27 So that's how the rider community gets connected.
17:30 But what we're doing is total amazing thing because you gather people, go making things.
17:37 Yeah, you know, making impossible things to possible actually, because doing that kind
17:45 of a charity, you know, charity things.
17:48 We are like we want to hear some of your charities like what and all we have done.
17:54 I mean, so and one I international one.
17:58 So international, I take care of orphanage kids in Africa, Uganda.
18:03 So in Uganda, I have orphanages, as I say, reach the unreached.
18:07 So we have the support orphanages between the Congo and Uganda border.
18:12 And you can see the worst part in those countries are like, you know, if a kid fell down there,
18:18 and he will die there itself, nobody picks him up.
18:21 It's not like what you see in movies and it is real.
18:24 So we do I do support some kids over there.
18:28 And then we do like give them education, clothes and all.
18:32 So we buy a cultivation land.
18:34 So there was in 2012, 13, I had one day a meal for three years.
18:41 And like, you know, most of the time people will comment, bro, why you look always on
18:45 the same clothes?
18:46 Okay.
18:47 And I'm a person who live with five pairs of dress.
18:50 So I have like, that's like, because all I need is to just cover my body and look a little
18:55 bit good, nice and they hear and there is nothing to impress anyone or do something
18:59 like that.
19:00 So I mean, if my needs are met, that is enough not to go very big thing.
19:06 So that's how we say so I do a self support these things.
19:10 So we buy a cultivation land there.
19:12 So whatever the incomes comes from it, the orphanages will be running.
19:16 And since like, you know, I'm an Indian, so it's not like, okay, my name should be there.
19:20 My fame should be there.
19:22 It is nothing like that.
19:24 And that orphanages are on other people's name only.
19:27 But they know that who is supporting it.
19:30 And we do like, events on ministry of hygiene, because most of them, our kids has no idea
19:36 about it.
19:37 And even in India, we do, you know, we do adopt some schools and do even awareness events
19:43 on ministry of hygiene.
19:44 Till today, we got to help kids with heart surgeries, cancer treatment.
19:51 And like, you know, recently, there was one girl who couldn't walk from past 13 years.
19:56 We had a cerebral paralysis, this thing and the parents are not in a capable enough thing
20:03 to support those things.
20:05 And we help that kid.
20:07 And that girl was happily walking now.
20:10 And I'm so happy to see that.
20:13 So these are the good.
20:14 I mean, little little things we do.
20:16 And I saw a flood things you have done.
20:20 I was like, mind blowing.
20:23 Yeah, I'm giving some of your post like we were like seeing that you're giving some rain
20:32 coats foods to the people.
20:35 Yeah.
20:36 So summer, I ride carrying slippers and some hats for these specially challenged people
20:44 on the roadside.
20:45 We never force anyone to just join the, you know, orphanages or whatever it is, because
20:50 everybody has a free will, somebody want to join, somebody doesn't want to join and
20:54 everybody has a free will free right to take things right.
20:59 So I don't force that.
21:00 And even in my orphanages, also, we tell kids that you don't need to become a doctor or
21:06 engineer, you become what you want to become.
21:09 And you will be respect you any of your idea, even you want to become a barber, then become
21:14 just become a good hairstylist.
21:16 There is nothing wrong in it like anything.
21:19 But make sure that you enjoy the job you are doing it.
21:23 So that's what we do it.
21:25 So I have a final now we have planned the route that we I mean, since you shared the
21:33 you know, things that you are going to say Singapore this 27 and gonna start your ride.
21:39 So again, what's the cause and where you are going and how long you are going to take that
21:44 right?
21:45 So I am preparing and planning for one and a half year to two years.
21:49 So I want to be an Indian rider who touched every country.
21:56 And I'm hoping and praying for that I can and I know that we have our whole India to
22:02 support us support me and support my cause.
22:06 And I was riding with a motive called Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam where world is one family and there
22:13 is every child should be without any love and children are the future generation and
22:20 we are looking for peace.
22:21 We are looking for happiness and all those stuff.
22:24 And also I want the younger generation without like religion like without any differentiation
22:31 of the states, countries or whatever it is that you know, we all are one family with
22:36 that motive, I'm planning to start my ride from 4/4/2024 starting from Singapore, then
22:46 I will be going to Malaysia and in Thailand I have been invited as a guest in the Phuket
22:51 Bikers Week and I will be representing our country and I will be the only Indian even
22:56 in Burapas Bikers Fest in the 21 years of history.
23:01 I was the first Indian to go to their Bikers Fest with the Indian bike and there are like
23:07 10,000 bikers from all over the world and you can see different varieties of bikes and
23:14 all so I'm not sure about Phuket but yeah Phuket I'll be visiting with my own bike but
23:20 you know doing a world tour is not so easy and it is very costly as well and I'm not
23:26 riding just for fun but in this motive I want to visit each and every country, know their
23:32 religion, their tradition, not religion like you know their tradition like what are the
23:37 main factors of you know original tribes of that country, meet them, talk to them and
23:45 like you know know their culture and all those things and not only that like you know I want
23:51 to support some orphanages on the way to proving that we Indians are not lesser than anyone
23:58 and that's my full motive and support and I mean like I just want to you know touch
24:04 everything and like you know want to have a good friendship with other country people
24:11 as well and tell them that hey guys we are riders and if you are visiting my country
24:16 we are there to support you, can contact us, can connect us you know so that's the motive
24:23 and I'm riding for that and I'm thankfully happy that a riding community in other countries
24:29 are happily welcoming us.
24:31 We have a lot of riders since you have ride so many riding for a cause making every riders
24:36 to get an you are be an inspiration and you know what do you want to tell to the people
24:42 who does you know youngsters I mean mostly on the youngsters who rides you know in appropriate
24:52 way on the road or you know what do you want to tell them.
24:56 My simple logic is Dubai like there are many people nowadays they do lot of stunts on the
25:01 roads, stunts are not meant for roads, there are families who are traveling, there are
25:09 people who are traveling, everybody is not so expert like you in the riding.
25:14 One single mistake of yours can cause a very great damage you want to impress people there
25:20 are platforms which you can impress like you can go to any you know track and practice
25:26 your racing or do your stunts there and under the observation of someone and record it and
25:33 put it on channel telling that I have done these events safely but rules are not meant
25:40 to broken.
25:41 Please it's my humble request your life is very valuable your parents has gave you birth
25:48 and they are have a high hopes on you not only that our country's future also depends
25:55 on you so that please it's our responsibility to bring pride and glory to our country and
26:04 to our nation so please don't drive recklessly or don't do stunts on the roads follow the
26:10 rules and regulations and respect one another that's what we can do.
26:16 Thank you thank you Mr. Roydejosh and I wish you all the very best for this ride, ride
26:24 safe please do come back and we are here and being as a biker and from the biking community
26:31 and from our dry spark wishing you all the very best and keep climbing ladders and ride
26:37 more miles as well.
26:39 Thank you so much.
26:40 Thank you.
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