Sunil is twenty-five years old, has graying hair, and is the proud owner of
a 3-wheel motorized rickshaw.

After 'bumping' into Sunil throughout the afternoon, as he whizzed back and
forth, we eventually got chatting to him and his friend Sanil.

Sunil's  gleaming  rickshaw  is  his  pride  and  joy - from which he makes
between  2,500-3,000  Rupees (£30 - £35) a month. He does not have any land
to  farm,  nor  does he have the 2 - 300,000 Rupees (about £2,000 - £3,500)
needed  to  travel  to  and work in the Gulf States, as many others in this
area have done.

As  well  as  taxiing people, Sunil diversifies his rickshaw to earn a more
regular  source  of income. He travels to the local fish market where he is
the 'official transporter' for a small businessman who buys and distributes
fish  to  the  local  traders.  Sunil  distributes  fish in the back of his
rickshaw about four times a week, earning 100 Rupees (about £1) each time.

Sunil has been the family breadwinner (one older and one younger sister and
a  younger brother) since his father passed away from an asthma attack. His
father  worked  as a stone crusher. He was rushed to a hospital some 200kms
away  when  he became too ill for local doctors to help him. Sunil recalled
how difficult this time had been for him. He had to keep the family running
and  travel back and forth between them and the hospital, to look after his
father  as  best  he  could.  He spoke with great regret that he was in the
village  when his father died alone and so far away. Sunil wondered whether
years of stone crushing had resulted in the onset of asthma.

Sunil  is  not  married;  he said that he could only consider this once his
younger  siblings  had been married (his older sister was already married).
It  was his duty as the head of the family to find and save for his younger
sister's  dowry  -  approximately 300,000 Rupees (£3,500). With this he was
confident he could find her a respectable man from a good family.