Siddhartha Bala [20/01/10 07:06 -0500]:
Agree with the title of the email. Have to confess that I have never heard the term 'jugaad' before. Although maybe its cousins 'chalta hai' and 'adjust maadi, swamy' are more familiar. This is the brand of innovation that will fit three riders on a scooter.
A jugaad is rather more interesting. Take a water pump's engine, fix it to a horse cart, rig up some crude gears, drive shaft and steering and you got yourself a very cheap truck. Something like the way 1930s american farmers used to use their model T fords double up as water pumps and lawn mowers.
