Trip to India March-April 2010- Kolkata

A man asleep on the sidewalk just outside the hotel entrance.

There is a group of people who "live" beside the Indian Museum just up the street.  Their "houses" are closed up in the daytime.

Kolkata is one of the few places left in the world with people drawn rickshaws.  The government has tried to outlaw them and they are restricted to certain parts of the city.  However people find them very useful during the monsoon when some streets flood.  This photos was taken from the doorway of my hotel.

The "house" of some street people in another section of Kolkata.  They just cook on the sidewalk.  There are usually 2 or three of these structures together so they can watch out for each others possessions.This was a busy main street in the downtown area.

The ubiquitous yellow taxi found everywhere in town.  There were no tuk tuks just these taxis and the people drawn rickshaws.  I found it difficult to get an honest rate from the taxi drivers.