Kolkata without cycle rickshaws is simply unimaginable. This is the most popular and affordable means of transport in the bustling city, even now. These non-polluting, man-powered vehicle is now a silent specimen to the lost days, and remind one of the fact that there are so many things that the rapid flow of years cannot erase completely.

In the video, the school children of Kolkata, West Bengal, India are seen taken to the schools in these good old rickshaws. It is safe, and comfortable for the children to sit in.