"Jugaad" is also colloquial Hindi word that can mean an innovative fix,often pejoratively used for solutions that bend rules, or a resource that can be used as such or a person who can solve a vexatious issue. It is used as much for enterprising street mechanics as for political fixers. In essence, though it is a tribute to native genius, and lateral thinking.Talk about adapting to your surroundings...
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
Adapting to your surroundings...
I remembered this video below after reading about the concept of "Jugaad" on a fellow AP Economics teachers blog. The short version it from Wikipedia is
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