by Niaz Zaman · The University Press Limited · tapa dura · ISBN 9847022000035
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«Of Rickshaws and Rickshawallahs» is the anthology of stories, poems and essays edited by Niaz Zaman, published by The University Press Limited in hardback.
The book brings together stories, poems and essays about the rickshaw and its drivers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, as an affordable and non-polluting mode of transport. It includes pieces by Rudyard Kipling and Humayun Ahmed, photographs by G.M.B. Akash and Tanvir, and paintings by Farida Zaman and Rokeya Sultana. It also addresses the threat of urbanisation and mechanisation.
Edition of 112 pages in English, published in Dhaka in 2008; most of the texts come from Bengali.
For readers interested in the culture of Bangladesh, South Asia and urban transport as a social phenomenon.
