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I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life's luggage.
Elbert Hubbard
A few of my neighbours from the nearby slum, uniting to help the rickshawpuller pull the vehicle up the slope.
If only our politicians had similar intentions for the nation.
Hillview H/S, Chittagong
Abdur Rahim, in his early 60s, works as a rickshaw-puller in the city of Dhaka.
He used to be a rickshawpuller in his hometown Kishoregonj, but then he decided to move to Dhaka with his wife for a better future.
I met him at the Komolapur Railway station where he boarded the train to go see his relatives in his hometown.
Komolapur Railway Station,Dhaka.
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Shah Alam hails from Hatia and has been driving a rickshaw for the last 25 years. Even at this age, he lives in the city by himself, but his love and affection towards his family pulls him in every 20 odd days. Has 4 sons and 2 daughters, and that kind of says how densely populated the country is(more so when you think about the annual GDP of the entire population).
When asked if he finds it difficult to live all alone, he said thats how life is!
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A Hand Pulled Rickshaw Puller Counting Collection. These Hand Pulled Rickshaws are Still Used in Kolkata.
Processed as ZERO Noise Reduction from RAW to Retain all the GRAIN for not loosing the coarseness of the Street.
There was a rickshaw stand in the area, and some of the rickshaw pullers had already returned home after their day's work. One such rickshawpuller's son was playing with his father's vehicle.
Lalkhan Bazar,Chittagong
Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2008
He has a face, which doesn't delineate sharply in our mind.
Only his feet on pedals we focus. Because we want more speed from his feet, more revolution from the wheel of rickshaw. He is a rickshaw puller from this busy Dhaka city.
In this life, where we hardly focus on anyone but ourselves on the way, it's almost impossible to remember a rickshaw puller's face after we reach our destination. You might remember the bright colors of his rickshaw, but not his dull, tired face.
The lens of eye and the lens of a camera....both misses him.
He is the bokeh man.
Captured from Keranigonj, Bangladesh. A rickshaw puller with his rickshaw inside the garage.
A rickshawpuller by profession, came to Chittagong 42 years back right after the nation's independence. Father of 4 daughters and 1 son, and extremely glad that his son(and rest) are very inclined towards studying.
GEC Circle, Chittagong
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Dhaka , the city of mosques & rickshaw.
Photo taken in front of 'Nawbabgonj Boro Mosjid' at Lalbagh road. It was drizzling here and there in Dhaka & rickshaw pullers in moist clothing were looking for their next passenger. It is pluvial condition all over the country. Flood took place in many areas. Many places is now underneath of huge amount of water, crossing danger zone. And think for a while that many of these rickshaw pullers are from outside of Dhaka. Please, pray for our country.
Old Town,
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Our local hero, in a bright orange raincoat, acting as a savior to many trapped passengers in the relentless rain last evening.
GEC Circle, Chittagong.
I have a daughter to marry off and I cant seem to manage the money for her wedding.Those were his words. I didnt know if I should beleive him or not- there are plenty of people who are coming up with such lines these days.
But then I thought I should give him the benefit of doubt. He says he has been driving the rickshaw for years, but can't seem to pull it for more time due to his fading health.
Curzon Hall,Dhaka
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A rickshawpuller wearing his sweater and the winter cap just when the sun starts to set.
Winter is late this year- We are well into December but winter has hardly made any mark so far.
This rickshawpuller is being extra cautious here,haha!
Fazlul Kader Road, Chittagong.
A Rickshaw Passing by a Betel Leaf seller. In India Betel Leaf is eaten with some spices. Benaras, in the state of Uttar Pradesh is most famous for it.
Frame from a Street During a Local Festival at a small suburb town at outskirts of Calcutta ( Kolkata ) < West Bengal < India
Overcoming The Shadow........... A Challenge
Kolkata, the last bastion of human powered tana (pulled) rickshaws.......
A pulled rickshaw (or ricksha) is a mode of human-powered transport by which a runner draws a two-wheeled cart which seats one or two persons. Around 1880, rickshaws appeared in India, introduced by British missionaries and administrators, first in Simla and then it was introduced in Kolkata (Calcutta). In the 19th century, rickshaw pulling became an inexpensive, popular mode of transportation across Asia.
In recent times the use of human-powered rickshaws has been discouraged or outlawed in many countries due to concern for the welfare of rickshaw workers. In August 2005, the Government of West Bengal announced plans to completely ban pulled rickshaws on the grounds that their use constitutes an exploitative form of labour, causes traffic congestion, and reflects negatively on the city, resulting in protests and strikes of the pullers.
For other perspectives like, 'The hand-pulled rickshaws of Calcutta constitute the last remaining pedestrian form of transportation (in a sizable fleet) in existence in the world today'.........Read this article:
Calcutta's Hand-Pulled Rickshaws: Cultural Politics and Place Making in a Globalizing City
by Hyrapiet, Shireen; Greiner, Alyson L. The Geographical Review, Volume 102, Issue 4, pages 407–426, October 2012