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CALCUTTA — Wiry and wrinkled from 40 years of pulling rickshaws through Calcutta’s clamorous streets, Ganesh Shaw fingers the round bell that serves as his horn, rolling it like a prayer bead as he ...

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CALCUTTA, INDIA - The state's top politician calls it inhumane. Others call it a lingering symbol of colonial oppression. But Mukundlal Shah calls it an honest day's work. For half his life, Shah, a ...

CALCUTTA -- Wiry and wrinkled from 40 years of pulling rickshaws through Calcutta's clamorous streets, Ganesh Shaw fingers the round bell that serves as his horn, rolling it like a prayer bead as he ...

If ever a film could create contact-calluses, “My Barefoot Friend: The Story of Shallim and His Old Rickshaw” is it. Portrait of a Job-like, Calcutta-based rickshaw driver who runs shoeless around the ...

The video of Kolkata man sharing dinner with rickshaw puller has won hearts on the internet.Photo Credit: Instagram/_shotbytomo_ Sometimes, the most beautiful moments start with a simple meal. A video ...

CALCUTTA, India — Maybe I’m hallucinating, but I think I hear Beatle John Lennon singing “Imagine” above the near deafening din. The rickshaw puller, the wealthy businessman, the Hindu, the Muslim, ...