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Rickshaws are such an integral part of life in Kerala, and for that matter India, that memories of Kerala are never complete with out a few sprinkles of rickshaw memories.

I can remember as far back as kindergarten, when Vandikaran used to haul me and a bunch of kids to school in his little cycle rickshaw. All of us in our red and white checkered St. Theresa’s school uniforms cramped into the rickshaw, with our plastic bottles and school bags dangling on the sides of the rickshaw. (more…)