Rickshaw was the brain child of a Japanese mind. It was invented by the name ‘Jin Rikisha’ meaning ‘man pulled vehicle’, a handy goods transport mode. British introduced it in India as ‘rickshaw’ at Shimla to serve as passenger transport. They went around in rickshaws pulled by Indian coolies. Later, rich Indians also began to use it. Some other hill stations also adopted it. Rickshaw appeared in Calcutta only around 1900 A.D. But soon it became ubiquitous. The Bengali farmers and Bihari village poor who poured into Calcutta in search of work found ready employment in handpulled rickshaw. It became the joy of Calcutta (Kolkata).
After independence, the proud Indians felt that a man being used as a beast of burden was shameful. Rickshaw disappeared from other places except Calcutta where it continued to exist as an employer of resourceless poor and a pollution free transport. Then, West Bengal government decided to sound death knell for rickshaw by passing a law in 2006 banning the use of hand pulled rickshaw.
Guided Composition-12
On National Forestry Day, the Prime Minister gave a message to the young people. Write the message in less than 150 words based on the following outlines:
1. Trees relationship to our lives.
2. They provide shelter, food, fruits, wood, timber, fodder, healthy environment etc.
3. Check deserts and erosions.
4. Importance of social forestry on mass scale.
5. Planting trees to add beauty and balance to our world.
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