Comments on: jugaad

By: Prashant saxena

Prashant saxena — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:54:26 +0000

Jury rigging, waiting for people to pick you up on the median, breathing in sweat etc…………. none of this is Jugaad.
Jugaad is “survival”. It is getting by, on whatever is available. Improvisation, imagination, patience, a sense of humor, acceptance are all elements of Jugaad.
The show Survival is full of Jugaad.

By: E.G.

E.G. — Tue, 31 May 2011 18:45:03 +0000

What an amazing blog you guys maintain here.
I love every post and every funny picture.

P.S. In Israel, Jugaad = Kombeena

By: ashwin

ashwin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:26:21 +0000

the blog is very interesting, i like the research, : Jugaad is a very inside word, even locals dont know the meaning at times, cause their life is a jugaad
and when you tell em how actually things are supposed to be done, they laugh their guts out….
If you make friends with locals in delhi, specially of different areas like south, north, east, west… you guys will find that they all have had a different life all together… and there are Jugaad’s of different kind everywhere

By: every place has a word « 2578 miles & 2.5 hours away

every place has a word « 2578 miles & 2.5 hours away — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:21:01 +0000

[...] to a caucasian couple (expats) residing in Delhi (http://ourdelhistruggle.com/2009/10/07/jugaad/), a jugaad actually looks like this: This is a literal jugaad. It is a homemade vehicle made by [...]

By: Amit

Amit — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:52:18 +0000

I became familiar with ‘jugaad’ when I moved to North India last year. (will be moving away again, ofcourse).

As cliché as it sounds, ‘jugaad; is a way of life here- in a good way and a bad way. Good, because you get things done, almost like creating something out of something else, when a direct solution is not available. Bad, because its a make-do nonetheless and more ‘jugaad’ is often needed to keep the earlier ‘jugaad’. Playing with words.

‘jugaad’ could also be seen as an abused-variant of a bengali word ‘jogar’- which basically means arrangement. This is my view- a Bengali. But, may be they have different roots.

Cheers,
Amit

By: Gayatri

Gayatri — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:24:02 +0000

One aspect of Jugaad (pronounced: ju-gaa-rh) – its also used to signify that one has “contacts”.

Eg: A got the job coz of his jugaad.

where jugaad would mean not on merit but by reference of his dad’s friend/partner/colleague etc.

By: Jugaad | Lizard in the House

Jugaad | Lizard in the House — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:49:38 +0000

[...] blog about Delhi where he gives a great description of Jugaad so I’ll point you over to him, enjoy! Jugaad in a village Near Jaipur (Rajasthan, India) by Sanjay Kattimani. This picture can [...]

By: Belinda Nishball

Belinda Nishball — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:15:44 +0000

Hi,

Great blog! I “jugaa-d” in Delhi for 3 years and understand completely!

More power to you! I love how you are meeting Delhi head on and “savoring” every minute of it!

By: Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:52:27 +0000

I really enjoyed reading your post.
Yes, the ‘Jugaad’ is a homemade vehicle which I saw in Dausa district of Rajasthan on my last flights to India.
I took help of Southall Travel Ltd. to book my holiday package.
Pix are very good.
Thanks for sharing!

By: India’s Bullish Entrepreneurs « The Enterprise Blog

India’s Bullish Entrepreneurs « The Enterprise Blog — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:45:30 +0000

[...] is part of India’s entrepreneurial culture. For a good discussion of jugaad, check out this post (which gets my vote for one of the most interesting blog posts of all [...]