The emergence of a “throw-away society” has forged an economy that encourages manufacturers to create short-lived assets, often with built-in obsolescence, and constructed using techniques that prioritise cheap manufacturing processes rather than durability, to sustain a small margin high volume business model.
When my young son saw his Indian grandmother as the solution to his broken toy, it shed light on the deeper values of repair and reuse that some cultures cherish—how does Scotland measure up?
Depending on who you ask Jugaad is a word that might be Hindi, Punjabi or Urdu and means variously "a clever or ingenious expedient" or “quick fix”. We might describe it as a “hack”.
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