Tag Archives: India

Bike Party of Uttar Pradesh: The bicycle as a political symbol

May 5, 2014 – 11:18 am

General elections are taking place right now in India. News photos of political rallies where people wave bicycle flags caught my eye.

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Kolkata India bans bikes

October 1, 2013 – 1:23 pm

I was just going to tweet this link but there’s an especially annoying video popup, so I’ll summarize here and you can click through and read the full story for yourself if you would like. According to the International Business Times, police in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India have banned bicycles from most streets to read more »

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Paagan – a Tamil movie about a boy and his bicycle

September 11, 2012 – 11:42 am
Tamil Film -- Paagan Movie Poster

Paagan is a buddy film comedy about a boy, his bicycle, and his numerous get rich quick schemes. Like all South Indian “Kollywood” films, there’s music and dancing girls, too.

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Hamid Ansari rides a bicycle

December 6, 2011 – 12:08 pm

Mohammad Hamid Ansari is currently the Vice President of India.

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Mumbai bicycle share open for business

February 25, 2010 – 11:00 am

V. Ramesh’s Bicycle Share Program near Mumbai has launched with 35 inaugural members using his FreMo bike share in Thane.

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