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The Rickshaw Challenge Classic Run is in motion, here are some cool pics from the event. [nggallery id=89]Read More

The Rickshaw Challenge – Classic Run is proof that a little imagination is all it takes to transform the banal into the sublime. As a pageant of strikingly painted tuk-tuks was steered out of The Residency Towers Chennai for the eighth edition of Rickshaw Challenge – Classic Run, by a motley group of merry men...Read More

The Rickshaw Challenge in Lonely Planet’s 10 greatest adventures. RACE A RICKSHAW To paraphrase the office sticker cliché: you don’t have to be mad to drive here, but it helps. India’s roads aren’t for the faint of heart; whether you’re on foot, pedalling a bike or jammed into a bus, the mayhem of packed city...Read More

Project for Culture Studies, made by group 5 of St. Andrews College, Second Year Mass Media. Topic: RickshawsRead More

To Thomas Kuhnelt, 30, an employee of an aerospace company in Munich, Germany, being caught in the Mumbai traffic was “thrilling. ” What made it even more “fun” for him was that he was driving an auto rickshaw in one of the most congested cities in the world, and not merely travelling in one as...Read More

India’s Drivers Pump Up The Glam. Dashboard statues of glow-in-the-dark Hindu gods, hubcaps painted like soccer balls and seat covers adorned with Bollywood stars — all this and more rickshaw bling is all the rage in India. The motorized three-wheeled buggies are a fixture on India’s crowded city streets, scooting in and out of traffic,...Read More

Watch an extract of Pardesi, a 6min film about India. A rickshaw ride to discover Indian culture, its richness and masala!Read More

Autowale.in is a breakthrough 24×7 dial a rickshaw service launched in Pune, India that offers commuters a convenient, efficient and reliable way to book an auto rickshaw and commute around the city. Leveraging technology the way dial a cab services work, Autowale offers both rickshaw drivers and commuters a better system and experience.Read More

Green, yellow, black. They are the blood in the veins of Bangalore: the 450.000 rickshaws and their drivers. Knocked together from bits and pieces, decorated, ready for the junk heap or carefully maintained like antique cars, the vehicles are as charismatic as their owners, who brave the monstrous traffic of this metropolis daringly, sleepy, chattering...Read More

Seinfeld – Kramer and Newman interview a few homeless people to pull their rickshaw.Read More