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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
The practice of pulling passengers by rickshaw is illegal in India, but that doesn't stop the pullers from working. Miranda Kennedy talks to a rickshaw worker who's still in the family business for $3 a day.
An Indian rickshaw puller the rain to look for passengers in Calcutta. (Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images)
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