Videos tagged with "puller"

Planet Rock: Bangladesh, Part 1. [14:46]
Planet Rock: Bangladesh Episode One My travels through the country of Bangladesh and my extensive stay in the capital city of Dhaka. Bangladesh is one of the most populated countries in the world according to square mileage. Total estimated population 118 million. Density of population per sq. mile is 7656. Part 1. The Words of a Rickshaw Driver Bangladesh is considered the 'Rickshaw Capital of the World'. There are an estimated 500000 to 750000 Rickshaws in the capital city Dhaka. As I was filming a piece a paper fell from a Rickshaw... this is what it read... The Call to Evening Pray in Dhaka There are about five calls to pray everyday... the first one is at 5:30am and the last is around 5:30pm. Find River Find Village Give Camera While filming my travels I am followed by dozens of children curious about what I am doing and why I would want to take pictures of their world. This time I let them do the filming... of course, after a few quick lessons. With the help of my uncle and a chartered boat we try to find the future directors of Bollywood. Salim, Sayden, Azir Muhammad and their posse show me and film the village of Derma Dhat (Ghat) It's amazing what children can do... Part 2. Dhaka Fast Dhaka Furious South Asia has some of the worst traffic and the craziest drivers (and at times the best) in the world. Filming my driver, Shuman, skills as he drives 100km per hour (avg) though Dhaka (in fast forward). I will never worry about NYC cab drivers skills next time I hail ...
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The Words of a Rickshaw Driver [03:21]
Bangladesh is considered the 'Rickshaw Capital of the World'. There are an estimated 500000 to 750000 Rickshaws in the capital city Dhaka. As I was filming a piece a paper fell from a Rickshaw... this is what it read...
Tags: Rickshaw, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Dhaka's rickshaws, Dhaka City Corporation, auto-rickshaw, Dhaka Traffic, World Bank, Rickshaw puller, Work for a better Bangladesh, banning rickshaws, public transportation, South Asia, sub-continent, India, Bombay, Mumbai, Ca

Bangladesh Rickshaw pullers [01:47]
2 rickshaw pullers, one in Dhaka, one outside, one without hope, one without the strength to continue
Tags: Bangladesh, rickshaw, poverty, rickshawallah, ricksha, Dhaka, old dhaka

Rickshaw City [04:39]
is really the only way to travel through most of Dhaka's dusty alleys and narrow roads...if you don't want to walk. For a more personal perspective, I approached a rickshaw "puller" and asked him about his job. -- Thanks to my friend Riasat Ullah for filming and providing fantastic translations from English to Bengali for the questions and from Bengali to English for the responses -- ... dhaka bangladesh rickshaw transport infrastracture interview bengali bangla culture trevor dougherty maddogza ...
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Rickshaw Market [01:51]
A rickshaw puller daily income averagely TK 250-300 in per day, but less income in town and semi urban area. Maximum rickshaw puller of Dhaka has no own rickshaw and house. They hired rickshaw from different Garej with half or full day basis contracts. There are thousands of garages and rickshaw making factories in Dhaka city. By pulling the rickshaw the pullers eighter send money to their family in village or spend with the family living in slums. ... rickshaw rickshawpuller market dhaka ...
Tags: rickshaw, rickshawpuller, market, dhaka, bangladesh