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A rickshaw puller transporting an idol of Goddess Saraswati from Kumortuli. The demand for rickshaws surges during the Durga puja season in September-October, which is closely followed by several other festivals like Laxmi Puja and Kali Puja. Traversing easily through narrow lanes, the hand-pulled rickshaw is indispensable for getting around crowded streets during pre-festival shopping.

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Hundred Years of Transportation: Hand-pulled Rickshaws of Kolkata

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The Hornbill Festival

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An acclaimed writer and public intellectual, Dr Ahmed is the founder president of the Char Chapori Sahitya Parishad, an organisation that works towards promoting the literature and culture of the char chapori (river islands and river banks) residents of Assam. (Courtesy: Md Shalim Muktdir Hussain)

In Conversation with Dr Hafiz Ahmed: ‘The Char Chaporis Cut Their Roots to Fit into "Greater" Assamese Culture’

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An archaic relic in the age of modern modes of transportation, hand-pulled rickshaws have phased away from the countries where they originated, like Japan and China, but continue to exist in India. In Kolkata, they are still used as a mode of transport (Courtesy: Soumya Shankar Ghosal)

Soumya Shankar Ghosal

Hundred Years of Transportation: Hand-pulled Rickshaws of Kolkata

Marakkanam is spread over 2,500 acres of coastal land in Villupuram district. Salt production in Marakkanam starts from January and goes on till August, when it stops due to the onset of monsoon. The peak collection happens during summer months—April and May (Courtesy: Kajol Rustagi)

Kajol Rustagi

In Search of White Gold: Salt Harvesting at Marakkanam

Women of the Gurung household weave together a garland for the departed soul; it is considered an offering that they might need in their journey to the afterlife. Hence, unlike regular floral garlands, these contain food items such as biscuits and snacks (Courtesy: Priyanka Chharia)

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Uniting the Living and the Dead: Arghum Ceremony of the Gurungs

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