When you live in a place like Delhi, and if you have been to Chandini Chowk or lets say Munirka!(the placwer all the IIT students stay) :p you' l start noticing a few things here and there. Its then that you realize that you have always been exposed to this thing and its nothing new! What am i talking about??
every body, say hello to Jugaad. Jugaad this is every body!..................... oh so you guys already know each other!!
So what is jugaad? or in an Indians words, "chalta hai" , "dekh lenge" or "koi baath nahi jugaad lenge!" :D
for all those who are alien to Indian ways and methods, Jugaad means to "to make it work with what ever you have and still get the best results" . if you look at it closely it can also mean " I dont give a shit about the government or the person next to me, i need my thing to be done!"
sigh...yupp....thats Jugaad!! :D
you see Jugaad every where. on the streets,your office,your homes and even museums and monuments!
The last time i was in Chandini Chowk, walking through its shady ,scary and yet exciting streets, i noticed how dark it was and how barely any sun light seeped into the alleys. Thats when i noticed, the intricate jumbling and twisting of thousands of electrical wires (which you might easily mistake for huge cob webs,believe me!).
There were wires jumbled and heading in every direction! (Kirchoff would kill himself if he sees this mess!)so many that they practically prevented the sunlight from entering into the street! Look carefully and you realize that there was one main line,on to which thousands of electrical lines were tapped! and those line lead straight to the houses of the proud hard working Indians! Free electricity! Now that's Jugaad!
Heres an other instance of Jugaad.
there have been times when iv squeezed into cramped spaces of a share auto. while the passenger limit for an auto might be 3 or 4 max, we Indians are quite capable of fitting 12 into one auto! every person will be so compactly spaced and fit that no one minds each others stench or onion breath as long as they reach their destination! so where does the navigator sit?? he doesn't. ....He hangs on upper railing of the vehicle while the driver zooms past huge buses and suicidal bikes! to a bystander the navigator looks the king of surfing while he balances his weight on one leg and his upper torso sticking out of the vehicle!
Thats how Jugaad works and i wouldn't say that its Indian thing,its just that its predominantly found in Indians!
Its something that the world outside envies! our ability to make things work even in adverse situations, the Americans envy that! :D
so when you are out of meat an vegetables for your noodles,what do you do?
you add in bits and pieces of samosa and sausages and voila!! thats Jugaad!
when you were a kid you played with sticks and stones while your American friend played with limited editions LEGOs and Barbies! thats Jugaad!
When your stuck in the middle of no where and you really have to pee..!!
you search for a tree!! thats Jugaad!
ps- Americans dont have that luxury! why do you think they are intimidated by us!
So be Indian, go Jugaad!
By the proud Indian who Jugaads every day!
every body, say hello to Jugaad. Jugaad this is every body!..................... oh so you guys already know each other!!
So what is jugaad? or in an Indians words, "chalta hai" , "dekh lenge" or "koi baath nahi jugaad lenge!" :D
for all those who are alien to Indian ways and methods, Jugaad means to "to make it work with what ever you have and still get the best results" . if you look at it closely it can also mean " I dont give a shit about the government or the person next to me, i need my thing to be done!"
sigh...yupp....thats Jugaad!! :D
you see Jugaad every where. on the streets,your office,your homes and even museums and monuments!
The last time i was in Chandini Chowk, walking through its shady ,scary and yet exciting streets, i noticed how dark it was and how barely any sun light seeped into the alleys. Thats when i noticed, the intricate jumbling and twisting of thousands of electrical wires (which you might easily mistake for huge cob webs,believe me!).
Heres an other instance of Jugaad.
there have been times when iv squeezed into cramped spaces of a share auto. while the passenger limit for an auto might be 3 or 4 max, we Indians are quite capable of fitting 12 into one auto! every person will be so compactly spaced and fit that no one minds each others stench or onion breath as long as they reach their destination! so where does the navigator sit?? he doesn't. ....He hangs on upper railing of the vehicle while the driver zooms past huge buses and suicidal bikes! to a bystander the navigator looks the king of surfing while he balances his weight on one leg and his upper torso sticking out of the vehicle!
Thats how Jugaad works and i wouldn't say that its Indian thing,its just that its predominantly found in Indians!
Its something that the world outside envies! our ability to make things work even in adverse situations, the Americans envy that! :D
so when you are out of meat an vegetables for your noodles,what do you do?
you add in bits and pieces of samosa and sausages and voila!! thats Jugaad!
when you were a kid you played with sticks and stones while your American friend played with limited editions LEGOs and Barbies! thats Jugaad!
When your stuck in the middle of no where and you really have to pee..!!
you search for a tree!! thats Jugaad!
ps- Americans dont have that luxury! why do you think they are intimidated by us!
So be Indian, go Jugaad!
By the proud Indian who Jugaads every day!
