PILLION........India takes a ride.

Bhopal.


I have often wondered in amazement and amusement at the way people improvise the backsides of their vehicles to suit their travel needs. Marriage party...? Well, 10 people can easily squeeze in on the backside of an auto rickshaw. Commercial carrier...? The best place for a laborer to sleep is atop the iron rods, marble slabs, and concrete loaded on the truck. Gotta carry a huge barrel of water on a cycle...? No problem...will fit in creatively. Ganpati Visarjan....oh, oh...forget it...the sky's the limit...! With a highly co-operative traffic police by our sides, our population devices novel ways of using their vehicles' backsides.
I have been capturing these visuals for years now, armed with my faithful IXUS, and now, share some funny, some dangerous, and some outright bizzare ways that our country takes a ride in...!