King of the Ghats

The king of the segment meets the King of the Ghats: Kerman Framna, four-time national champion, eight-time state champion, and winner of the Shiv Chhatrapati Award

- Joshua Varghese

Legends are rendered immortal in the memories of mortals by the extraordinary nature of their achievements. the greater the list of achievements, the harder it is to forget them. What about a record that has remained unbroken since the 1987-88 season? the record was set by champion cyclist, Kerman Framna, at the peak of his career and it earned him the sobriquet “King of the ghats”. more than three decades later, even with ground-breaking advances in bicycle technology, the record remains unbeaten and, so far as we are concerned, he continues to be the King of the ghats.

Kerman has represented India on the global stage multiple times and has won as many as four national championships and eight state championships. His list of accolades also includes the prestigious shiv Chhatrapati award (1986-1987). so, when we went to meet him, we decided to take a similarly accomplished car, the Hyundai Creta. With awards aplenty to its name and a five-digit sales figure per month, the Creta is also royalty in its own right; the king of its segment.