jugaad – dMaculate.melange https://melange.dmaculate.me/home this, that, and the other Fri, 28 Jul 2023 20:19:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://melange.dmaculate.me/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/dm-red.png jugaad – dMaculate.melange https://melange.dmaculate.me/home 32 32 222022991 The Swadeshi Jugaad in the Restoration of Gandhi’s Bicycle https://melange.dmaculate.me/home/2023/02/13/the-jugaad-in-the-restoration-of-gandhis-bicycle/ https://melange.dmaculate.me/home/2023/02/13/the-jugaad-in-the-restoration-of-gandhis-bicycle/#respond Mon, 13 Feb 2023 23:18:10 +0000 https://melange.dmaculate.me/?p=1948 Continue reading →]]> “I don’t think the Mahatma would have approved of our little project.”

Source: How I restored Bapu’s bicycle with the help of local repairmen

This is a fascinating, well researched piece about how a team of craftsmen restored a bicycle that Gandhi rode around Sabarmati Ashram.

Whatever the provenance of this bicycle, the native jugaad and craft make the restored bike all swadeshi.

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