Last Days of the Rickshaw


	Last Days of the Rickshaw
JohnWaterman
3-27-2008 8:35 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5f8af674-f41f-46c7-bea4-a0ecbf49cc0d/3D4C01C4-C35D-4B09-A31D-ADBFB9DD952F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/04/kolkata-rickshaws/calvin-trillin-text" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/04/kolkata-rickshaws/calvin-trillin-text" style="font-size: 11px;">ngm.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/04/kolkata-rickshaws/calvin-trillin-text">India’s Rickshaws</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/04/kolkata-rickshaws/calvin-trillin-text"><H2 class="title">Last Days of the Rickshaw</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/04/kolkata-rickshaws/calvin-trillin-text"><H3 class="title">Kolkata is bent on burnishing its modern image—and banning a potent symbol of India’s colonial past.</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/04/kolkata-rickshaws/calvin-trillin-text"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/ngm.nationalgeographic.com/img/4B675D7B-F715-4443-8393-6CEBDD3BDA77" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/04/kolkata-rickshaws/calvin-trillin-text"><DIV class="narrow_side">
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    <DIV class="pointercontainhed">Kolkata’s Rickshaws</DIV>
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				Photographer Ami Vitale takes you into the world of the rickshaw puller.
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				The city of Kolkata has a love-hate relationship with its rickshaws. Are they a symbol of exploitation? Or just a handy way to get around?
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				Ami Vitale talks about why you should never wear open-toed shoes in Kolkata during a monsoon.
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    <DIV class="spacer"></DIV><DIV class="navblocktxt">Learn More</DIV><DIV class="navblock"><A href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/geopedia/Kolkata-Rickshaws">
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				Hand-pulled rickshaws made their appearance in this former British capital over a century ago, and several thousand continue to ply the streets today.
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