From the archive record
School kids go to school on a rickshaw. The roads are crowded in the mornings. Scooters, Motorcycles, Rickshaws, and auto-rickshaws can be seen on the roads of India. School girls go to school on their rickety rickshaw. A rickshaw puller Hashim talks about his profession. He says: "I have been riding a rickshaw for the past 14 years. I don't know how to do anything else. I earn 100 to 125 rupees daily. I watch cinema for my entertainment. I don't drink and smoke. A rickshaw of St. Paul East Delhi Public School carries children home, and runs on the open roads. School kids even push the rickshaw when needed, such as up a steep incline! A rickshaw puller must use his dead weight to take along a rickshaw sometimes, as the weight he carries is often more than he can handle. So he sort of stand