[sustran] [India Streets] Rough trade on the streets of Bogota, much like here

[eric britton]

Rough trade on the streets of Bogota, much like here 

 

Loved by the people for their extreme utility, abhorred by the state as a symbol of backwardness, cycle rickshaws – or pedicabs – are not a new phenomenon in India. Originally from Japan, the hand-drawn rickshaw was introduced in Simla in India around 1880. It was, then, a vehicle to carry the social elite. By [...]

 

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