Can you imagine writing a feature on Kolkata's street typists?

Rajdeep Datta Roy does a good job of it in Mint's Lounge. Here's an excerpt:

While those who sit in the business district and near the courts are comparatively better off, the typists who ply their trade in neighbourhoods such as the Shyambazar crossing, under the watchful eyes of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose astride a stallion, are finding it difficult to make ends meet. “Typists working in a bureau don’t have to worry about the space or the machines but, in turn, have to part with almost 50% of their meagre earnings,” says Sushil Das, who works in a bureau.

Read the feature here.

• Mint was launched in Kolkata in June 2009.