Hand-pulled rickshaws aren't relics of colonialism, but the best transport during the Monsoon, when even the governor uses them. Banning them on humanitarian grounds to comply with the attitudes of Western investment and development executives is unconscionable. It will put nearly 6,000 of India's poorest out of work, without a substitute for making a living; and a cultural and historical part of the fabric of this unique, vibrant city will be lost.
-- Candace Scharsu Calcutta, India