Catnapping Rickshaw Puller | Calcutta
A rickshaw puller (rickshaw wallah) takes a catnap while waiting for his next fare in the heat of the day in Calcutta, India. The rickshaw and their drivers are vanishing…
A rickshaw puller (rickshaw wallah) takes a catnap while waiting for his next fare in the heat of the day in Calcutta, India. The rickshaw and their drivers are vanishing…
A Rickshaw puller in Calcutta, India, is about to start his grueling day delivering his fares or their parcels through Kolkatta’s narrow, winding, traffic-choked streets. This is one in a…
A rickshaw puller rests while his fare tends his shrine in Calcutta, India. The rickshawalas, or rickshaw pullers, are a dying breed in Calcutta and Northeastern India and Bangladesh. Brought…
Calcutta Ferry Quay A few women wait on the quay in Calcutta, India. They wait for the ferry to take them across the Hooghly River, a branch of the Ganges.
Kusti is India’s traditional form of wrestling that dates back over three thousand years. But it’s much more than just the sport of wrestling. Along with it comes a strict…
Much of life in India happens on the streets. Most goods and services are available along the sidewalks on busy thoroughfares, or in the shade of an ancient mango tree…
For most of us, it is difficult to watch a person being used as a beast of burden pulling another person and their belongings. It seems inhumane, all the more…
Kumar Tuli, the potters' quarter, lies along the banks of the River Hooghly in the sprawling mega-city, Calcutta, in Northeastern India. The villagers create the clay idols of Hindu gods…