Kolkata: Kolkata locals cherish their city's past, which is why many in the one-time capital are mourning a vanishing emblem of its faded grandeur: a hulking and noisy fleet of stately yellow taxis.

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Though the jump seats are long gone, being in a yellow cab takes me back to rides in my grandfather’s taxi, a story I tell drivers. They usually ask which part of the Bronx I hail from ...