I drove in this city after some 10-odd years. … children), cycle-rickshaws, two-wheeler scooters or motor-cycles, three wheeler auto-rickshaws, four-wheeler passenger cars of various sizes and lengths, and taxies and buses as well – the city roads are a mêlée of moving vehicles of all descriptions. … A weird custom in Kolkata – possibly non-existent in the rest of the world – dictates that the vehicles switch off their headlamps even while driving in the evening or night. …

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