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Moving House

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The aim was to move Chaudhuri Bari one inch forward. Seven cycle-rickshaws were hired from the street in front of the house. Each rickshaw was attached by a chain to one of the pillars in the front of the house. The rickshaw­-pullers were instructed to attempt to pull the house forward. The action ended either when this was achieved or when 30 minutes had passed.

Ricksaw-pullers:
Sanjib Baidya, Sukumar Chakraborty, Kartik Mandal, Sushanto Mandal, Subhas Bhattacharya, Dilip Sardar, Ganesh Sadhukhan.

Special thanks to Priyanka Jain for her assistance with this project.