Rishabh Bhaskar
Rishabh Bhaskar covers motorcycles through detailed road tests and first ride reviews that emphasise how new bikes and gear behave in real riding conditions. He is an assistant editor at BikeWale, where he focuses on testing motorcycles and cars and oversees the masthead’s YouTube channel. His work draws on more than a decade in automotive journalism and a particular interest in motorcycles within the broader automobile beat.
Road tests and first-ride reviews
Rishabh leads many of BikeWale’s expert reviews, producing first ride and road test pieces for a wide range of motorcycles. Recent stories include first ride reviews of the Ducati Monster V2, Royal Enfield Bullet 650, Aprilia Tuono 457, Ather Konarc and Norton Atlas, as well as a road test review of the BSA Scrambler 650. His coverage also extends to long-term testing, such as the KTM 390 Adventure S long-term review, which tracks how a motorcycle performs over extended use rather than a single launch ride.
In these articles he combines close observations on performance, comfort and handling with clear comparisons that position each motorcycle within its segment.
Gear, accessories and practical riding
Alongside motorcycles, Rishabh tests riding gear and accessories that affect day-to-day use. His introduction review of the ViaTerra Ruckus 21 backpack, for example, looks at luggage from a motorcyclist’s perspective, considering capacity, durability and how it fits commuting or touring needs. This practical focus means his coverage often centres on usability and value, translating technical features of bikes and gear into direct takeaways for riders.
Adventure travel and long-distance stories
Rishabh’s work is not limited to controlled test routes; he also documents long rides that show how modern motorcycles behave over demanding journeys. In Coast to Coast: Kolkata to Mumbai on the Ducati Multistrada V4 Rally, he turns a cross-country trip into a narrative about endurance, comfort and the capabilities of a large adventure motorcycle over varied terrain.
These travelogues sit alongside his road tests and give his coverage broader context, connecting spec-sheet performance with the realities of multi-day touring.
Performance technology, racing and video
Rishabh also covers performance-oriented technology and racing developments, such as Triumph’s Moto2 race engine programme for 2027, which ties production engineering to world championship competition.
Across these pieces he keeps the focus on how engineering choices translate into rider experience, whether on track or road. Beyond written stories, he is responsible for the smooth functioning of the BikeWale YouTube channel, extending his testing work into video formats and shaping how the masthead presents motorcycles on camera. His background at leading automobile publications in India gives him a broad view of the market, but his current work concentrates on motorcycles and the riders who use them.
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Aditya Nadkarni
Aditya Nadkarni turns new model launches and first drive reviews into clear, buyer-facing information, with a strong focus on detail and incremental updates. He is principal correspondent at CarWale, where he covers passenger vehicles with an emphasis on launch news, facelifts and road-test impressions for mainstream and premium cars. His core news work tracks new introductions and lifecycle updates, explaining what changes, when the car goes on sale, and how each variant is configured. He writes “variants explained” pieces and structured first drive reviews that link driving impressions to a model’s place in the market and its recent update or launch. His reporting is factual, methodical and model-specific, avoiding broad commentary and treating even minor tweaks and new features as news. His bylines also appear at Mobility Outlook and CarTrade, with the same detail-first style.
Alexis Hooi
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Antonina Joson
Antonina Joson covers how Southeast Asia’s car markets and fleet decisions respond to new technologies, environmental pressures, and policy shifts. She writes for AfMA, focusing on the automobile sector and its implications for fleets and mobility services, and works as a communications officer with a background in writing, digital marketing, and content creation. Her reporting tracks month‑to‑month changes in car sales in Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore, linking sales data, segment performance, and national policy to corporate strategy. She reports on electric vehicles as strategic assets tied to air quality, energy policy, and industrial ambitions, and follows regional moves such as XPENG’s entry into Indonesia and calls for Toyota to shift production. She also covers safety campaigns, mobility platforms, online marketplaces, book recommendations for fleet professionals, and contributes to FleetDrive advertising and content planning, bringing a commercial, cross‑industry perspective to fleet‑focused coverage.
Aranya Mondal
Aranya Mondal is a business and technical writer who edits and writes analytical coverage of the global aluminium industry for AL Circle, with a through-line of connecting trade patterns and supply risks to aluminium competitiveness. She focuses on aluminium trade flows, bauxite diplomacy, tariffs, scrap imports and strategic materials adjacent to aluminium such as gallium. Her beat spans scrap, recycling and the shift from linear to circular aluminium markets, alumina and aluminium production trends, regional vulnerabilities and project developments, as well as automotive and mobility uses of aluminium including product launches like the Anytec A28-T boat. She works mainly on long-form explainers and recurring formats such as weekly sustainability recaps, using clear language, trade data and value-chain context to unpack production, policy and energy trends for an industry audience.