On a rickshaw from Jama Masjid to Sisganj Gurudwara in Chandni Chowk, Delhi – oldest part of the Indian capital. The place is full of lanes as thin as it can get. And yet they manage to fit a full fledged market in there. The rickshaw pullers have mastered the art of navigating their three...Read More
After denying an eunuch a ride, an auto rickshaw driver finds this rickshaw can only give rides to female passengers. What follows is a hilarious drive through the streets as he tries to uncover his rickshaw’s mysterious tendencies while facing angry passengers.Read More
To Thomas Kuhnelt, 30, an employee of an aerospace company in Munich, Germany, being caught in the Mumbai traffic was “thrilling. ” What made it even more “fun” for him was that he was driving an auto rickshaw in one of the most congested cities in the world, and not merely travelling in one as...Read More
Through the monsoon-soaked terrain from Mumbai to Bangalore, Little Miss Rickshaws comprising Pia Brasher, Alisha Hughes and Ruth Brown are getting plenty attention. “We’re elated to be part of the 6th Annual Mumbai Xpress Rickshaw Challenge from Mumbai to Chennai with a stopover in Bangalore today. We’re riding through villages and towns and have been...Read More
Omur Black takes us to the narrow laneways of London late at night when an army of rickshaw drivers look for customers as the city’s famous theatres spill their patrons on to the rainy streets. From their base in an autopark underneath Great Portland Street and Russell Square, the rickshaw drivers converge on central London...Read More
India’s Drivers Pump Up The Glam. Dashboard statues of glow-in-the-dark Hindu gods, hubcaps painted like soccer balls and seat covers adorned with Bollywood stars — all this and more rickshaw bling is all the rage in India. The motorized three-wheeled buggies are a fixture on India’s crowded city streets, scooting in and out of traffic,...Read More
Malegaon, a small town tucked away near the heart of India geographically, is fraught with communal tension and under economic depression. To escape the harsh reality of their world, its people seek refuge in the fantastical world of cinema. This passion for cinema has spurred a group of cinema enthusiasts to make their own films-quirky,...Read More
Green, yellow, black. They are the blood in the veins of Bangalore: the 450.000 rickshaws and their drivers. Knocked together from bits and pieces, decorated, ready for the junk heap or carefully maintained like antique cars, the vehicles are as charismatic as their owners, who brave the monstrous traffic of this metropolis daringly, sleepy, chattering...Read More
