Creativity in everyday India

Creativity in everyday India

Creativity in everyday India is humble. It has a purpose, and remains invisible.

When a multinational bank decided to give Bombay Dyeing bedsheets to the homeless families that I volunteered with one Christmas, I was curious to see how people who slept in bus stops would use it. A few days later, I saw a toddler run around in a dress made out of a pillow cover.

In 2004 in Varanasi, an estimated 600,000 condoms were being utilized daily, the majority of which were distributed free of cost by the government. Family planning departments were busy congratulating themselves over the growing demand for condoms till it was discovered that Banarasi weavers were using it to lubricate the loom’s shuttle. The condom’s lubricant didn’t stain the silk threads yet increased the pace of production.

Recycling is a typically Indian tradition. Not every innovation bears the nobility of recycling, though.

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If you are in an accident, who will support us?“

If you are in an accident, who will support us?“

One fine day Peldi decided to work for himself and created Balsamiq -a mockup tool. He has taken collaborative work to fullest advantage and integrated with Confluence and XWiki quite cleverly,

I've used Balsamiq Mockups for Confluence, also used that as an independent tool. Now using Balsamiq Mockups for XWiki. With the kind of word-of-mouth the tool has, I assumed there might be a big company behind Balsamiq. But it all started as a one man start-up by Peldi. The cleverness of the team shows in their relocation of office itself !

I found this interesting read of Peldi; His words are truly inspiring, and made me think again 'do you have to work to make some one rich ?' . But could not stop laughing reading these words:

- “We’d like to buy a big license. I was wondering how long you plan to stay a one-man company for. If you are in an accident, who will support us?“

- And my world came crushing down.

To get the context of what I'm talking you should read this blog post by Peldi

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9008890088 | Useful number in Bangalore

9008890088 | Useful number in Bangalore

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The example usages are:
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Example 2: INOX
Example 3: SBI ATM NEAR M G Road

You will get a reply SMS with the exact location and shortest directions to reach place from a prominent landmark. And also with total distance in Kilometers and approximate Auto fare.

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