In a country where motorcycle racing is yet to get the due it deserves, biker CS Santosh is bending the rules of tarmac and beyond.

By Pallavi Majumder

This biker can’t keep calm. Riding high on his success at the Dakar Rally — one of the most difficult terrains to traverse — CS Santosh seem dauntless. It was no child’s play but he managed to clinch the 36th position. Not bad from this race’s standard. With this, he has also become the first Indian to participate in the Dakar rally. We catch up with Santosh in between his training and racing. Edited excerpts: