Auto Rickshaw Driver

Two weeks of crazy adventures lie behind our 17 brave teams participating in this year’s Mumbai Xpress, a rickshaw adventure across India for the daring ones. We’ve already reported from the first days of the challenge, now you can find our teams made it till the finish line and what adventures they met on their way!...Read More

A look at auto rickshaws in Mumbai, recognizing the role that auto-rickshaws play in sustainable urban transport and meeting daily commute needs in Mumbai will go a long way in improving conditions for drivers, as well as passengers, and will result in social and environmental benefits for Indian cities, as a whole. Mumbai RickshawsRead More

Fast gaining popularity as ‘the amazing Wi-Fi auto’, G Annadurai’s three-wheeler can be seen zipping across Chennai’s IT Corridor daily. Equipped with Wi-Fi, a note in the auto rickshaw prominently displays its user name and password. The auto rickshaw also has a tablet, a TV set and a mini library with the day’s newspapers and...Read More

After denying an eunuch a ride, an auto rickshaw driver finds this rickshaw can only give rides to female passengers. What follows is a hilarious drive through the streets as he tries to uncover his rickshaw’s mysterious tendencies while facing angry passengers.Read More

Watch an animated short film about an auto rickshaw taxi driver whose livelihood goes downhill.Read More

Three Wheels United have taken on the challenge to improve the lives of the millions of rickshaw drivers that ply the roads of India and other countries. In close co-creation with the auto rickshaw driver communities, TWU developed a profitable business model that will improve the living standard of rickshaw drivers and their families. The...Read More

Ramu and Goldy are two babies separated at a tattoo parlor in India under tragic circumstances. 30 years later, Ramu, now an auto rickshaw driver and Goldy, an ambulance driver meet at a traffic light. The idea for this film by Arjun Gupte came form his encounters with auto rickshaw drivers in Bangalore and Chennai....Read More

Delhi may be considered unsafe for women, but that hasn’t stopped Sunita from taking up as odd a job as an autorickshaw driver. Thirty two-year-old Sunita, the national capital’s first female driver, transcends all barriers, living and playing by the rules in a profession dominated by men. “I drive an auto because I enjoy it....Read More

This is hard to believe, but there is not a single legally authorised stand for the 55,000-odd auto rickshaws registered in the capital, says a suit filed by an NGO that is working to improve the lives of auto rickshaw drivers. Full article hereRead More

It was just another hot day in Jaipur when Harish, an autorickshaw driver, sees Whitney, a University of Chicago student, in the distance and was awestruck. He asks her out for a cup of tea and she says no. He asks again, and she says no again. But Harish’s persistence pays off, by the fourth...Read More