Rickshaw-pullers in India

The cycle rickshaw is a popular transportation device in many parts of India. I uploaded few Images from Lucknow and Calcutta region Rickshaw which it self explains everything. How tough is their life, just...

India's humble rickshaw goes solar

Rickshaws are the cheap, easy and best option for getting around for close distance in India. There are 5 million rickshaw pullers in India. Indian government has launched “Solekshaw”, the...

Terai travelogue: New Nepal

A travelogue by an editor of Nepal's leading English broadsheet daily, The Kathmandu Post- Ameet Dhakal. It portrays the picture of Madhesh today."I set out on a 600-km drive from Kathmandu to Jhapa, my home...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Mr Choudhury on his date in court

Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury is on trial in Bangladesh--and the potential penalty is death--for 'praising Jews and Christians', 'attempting to travel to Israel' and by trying "to damage the image and relations of Bangladesh with the outside world", as I have noted here. ...

Bumper to bumper

" The road in front of my home in Delhi is somewhat like a cab rank. There are cycle rickshaws and private cabs. This guy here seems to be competing with a Tata Indica for some space. While going through the...

The Brangelina Effect

"I don’t know about you, but looking at Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their son Maddox caught by paparazzi travelling in a rickshaw in Monday’s papers left me with a distinct sense of unease. You just...

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