Female biker’s solo India odyssey to show it’s safe for single women to travel and explore the country

• Men were among Indrani Dahal’s biggest fears when she set out; an encounter with an AK-47-wielding soldier in a forest in central India left her trembling
• Otherwise Dahal, who learned to ride a motorcycle at 16, has ‘been received everywhere with kindness’ on her 18,000km trip and had some beautiful experiences