If ever a film could create contact-calluses, “My Barefoot Friend: The Story of Shallim and His Old Rickshaw” is it. Portrait of a Job-like, Calcutta-based rickshaw driver who runs shoeless around the ...

CALCUTTA — Calcutta’s barefoot rickshaw-pullers — immortalized in books and films as they pull their human cargo through the city’s narrow lanes — will soon be a feature of the past. Communist state ...

The Prince of Wales took a ride in a rickshaw and flipped chapatis in a Sikh temple as he celebrated Indian culture and its people. Charles began a hectic two-day trip by learning about India’s ...

They will soon be gone from the vibrant streets of Calcutta. The rickshaw operators, who haul customers and cargo across the city using their bare feet, work about 15 hours a day in merciless traffic, ...

Jaipur: The zone segregation policy announced recently for e-rickshaws plying on the city streets is witnessing more problems than expected as govt officials and associations of e-rickshaws owners are ...