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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
India never ceases to leave me in wonder. The diversity and devotion and spirituality. Take for example the Baul sect of ascetics that roam the Bengal area of Eastern India…
Calcutta, India. Two men finish washing pots and pans in an alleyway behind a neighborhood eatery. As they straighten and give me an understandably quizzical look, I am drawn to…
Friends meet for coffee at the landmark Indian Coffee House on College Street in Kolkata, India. Also known as the College Street Coffee House, the cafe is located across from…
A young boy sits alone with his thoughts in Kolkata, India.What are his thoughts?What are your thoughts?All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite…