“We were keen to highlight the present situation in Darjeeling and therefore decided to conclude the rally here,” explained Tamal Ghosal, founding member of Just Sportz, a Calcutta-based motorsport management company and organizers of the Himalayan Drive. Ghosal, however points out that the key endeavor of the “Sixth Edition” – over and above the rally’s main aim, which, essentially is the pursuit of motorsports – was to “revive interest in this entire region.” Indeed, India’s northeast shares borders with so many countries, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Nepal, Myanmar, that the region’s significance as far as India’s international relations with its neighbors is concerned cannot be overemphasized. “Our rally traversed three countries, Nepal, Bhutan and of course India,” Ghosal points out. “This is a definite first and a rare achievement in the history of car rallies.”