Bhistis of Calcutta (Kolkata)
~ A Vanishing Tribe ~
Also see: Vanishing Professions of Kolkata (Calcutta)
“The finest man I knew
Was our regimental Bhisti, Gunga Din.”
Gunga Din (1892) poem by Rudward Kipling
Bhisti (water carrier) with Masak (goat skin bag), Bow Barracks, Calcutta (Kolkata)
Once an indispensable part of Calcutta’s (Kolkata’s) water supply of both domestic and public purposes today the bhistis are fast vanishing tribe.
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