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Pressing On Still
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|December 02, 2019
Pressing On Still
Ishwar Bari, 55, hails from Odisha’s Puri district. he came to Calcutta with his brothers 30 years ago to earn a livelihood. Ishwar was taught a few tricks of the trade by a masseur. since then, he has been earning his bread by offering massage to ‘babus’ of Calcutta. Ishwar and 12 others—the last of the group of traditional masseurs—do not work in parlours; rather, they work at Babu Ghat and nearby Rashmoni Ghat on river hooghly, near BBD Bag, the business district of the
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