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Conversations in Hindi with Bombay taxi drivers about migration and home, Bombay and change, taxi driving and life, and some great taxi stories.

  1. 04/15/2012

    tanaji

    Tanaji is Maharashtrian from Kholapur area. He has been driving taxi for a long time. We have a very spirited discussion about capital punishment, Kasab, daughters aside from the taxi life and his dreams. For more, please visit the blog at http://meterdown.wordpress.con

    36 min

  2. 06/13/2011

    kader usman mujawar

    Kader Usman Mujawar is from Maharashtra, from Karad, and he came here when he was 18, as an 8th class pass, looking to find a job in a Mill or the Fiat factory, but ironically, instead, he has been driving a Fiat taxi for the past 25 years. please visit the blog at meterdown.wordpress.com for photos, outtakes and links

    25 min

  3. 04/09/2011

    sheshnath tripathi

    sheshnath tripathi's life has taken an interesting arc and we are catching him on the downside. He went into the transport business, owning taxis and lorrys, but now that it over and he is in debt and back in the taxi, his taxi. He loves the news, reading the news and watching the news and we talk of politics, parties, politicians and civic responsibilities. Meter Down blog is at http://meterdown.wordpress.com for photos, outtakes and musings

    35 min

  4. 01/18/2010

    idris

    irdris is from gujarat. He came to bombay 30 years ago. he lives in dharavi and we speak about its redevelopment, about his life, about films, about undiyo too.

    32 min

  5. 12/03/2009

    mohammad khan

    Mohammad Mustaqeen Khan came to Bombay from UP, a strong 20 year old man from a village, and started out in haath gadi at Do Tanki in Chor Bazaar area.  Twenty-six years later he has bought more land, rebuilt his home and married off 4 children, all from driving taxi. We talk about street level economics, how much he used to make and what it bought, how much he makes now and what it buys.

    25 min

  6. 11/01/2009

    mahadev singh

    When Mahadev Singh left Jharkhand 20 years ago as a 20-year old youth, it was Bihar he left. He came with friends who were cooks in homes on Malabar Hill. He didn't like cooking. He has been driving a taxi for 10 years. This is his story.

    26 min

  7. 08/25/2009

    vijay kumar

    This podcast is a Bombay story told by a Class 3 drop-out who has poured his sweat into the labouring jobs that build this city and keep it vital. He calls Bombay home but he doesn't see his place in the future city.

    25 min

  8. 07/11/2009

    ram sanwar

    ram sanvar works in new great eastern mill in the day and drives taxi at night and has for 27 years. UP, Bombay, Taxi Driver, Mill Worker. We all contain our multiplicities. Listen to the story of his. please visit the blog at http://meterdown.wordpress.com

    26 min
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Conversations in Hindi with Bombay taxi drivers about migration and home, Bombay and change, taxi driving and life, and some great taxi stories.

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  • Creator
    Unknown
  • Years Active
    2007 - 2012
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © cubbykabi@yahoo.com
  • Show Website
    Meter Down