2002-09-29 04:00:00 PDT Calcutta-- Rickshaw puller Mohammed Hussein is deterred neither by torrential rains that swamp Calcutta streets, nor the heavy-handed heat that melts the tar beneath his ...
Not so long ago few cities in the world suffered a worse reputation than Calcutta. Its name conjured up visions of overcrowded slums, disease and of profound human misery that could only be relieved ...
Calcutta is one of the last places in the world where rickshaws remain a common mode of transportation. The International Herald Tribune reports that after 60 years of half-hearted attempts to ban man ...
Nand Lal Pandit was not prepared for the "gift" of dignity he received on Independence Day this year. An announcement from West Bengal state´s Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee on Aug. 15 ...
KOLKATA, India – It took 68 days for Satyen Das to laboriously pedal his rickety, self-remodeled bicycle rickshaw from the seaside Indian city of Kolkata to the roof of the world-- 17,600-foot ...
The Calcutta High Court, in a matter concerning admissibility of Input Tax Credit (ITC) for purchase of 'stereo system' to be ...
India's economic boom has reached Calcutta, a city better known for crushing poverty. The city wants to ban hand-pulled rickshaws, calling them medieval and inhumane. Officials promise to provide ...
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