Lou Guellec

Jugaad: Fork belt
Jugaad Jugaad is a Hindi word, which means “frugal invention”: the art of finding ingenious solutions to solve a problem and this, with almost nothing. In other words, it’s: “do more with less”. This mentality was first developed in the emerging countries such as India, Brazil, Africa or China. There […]

Jugaad or the art of problem-solving

Although cricket is not the official national sport in India, it creates much more excitement and a greater fan following than the official national sport, hockey. In fact, no other sport in India can claim the position of cricket regarding popularity and revenue generation. The cricket mania in India would leave a stranger […]

The Gods’ game : Cricket in India

During July and August in northern India, you may encounter Indians, often young, wearing orange and walking around a cart. These Indians are celebrating kanwar yatra. Every year, those celebrating Shiva get together at the Ganga’s sources, at Haridwar, Guamukh, and Gogotri in Uttarkhand and at Sultangan in Bihar. They […]

who are these safran-orange Hindu?

delhi hostel rickshaw
“Prudent men always know to make merit of acts necessity constrained them to do”, Machiavel wrote. He could have been talking about rickshaws use in Delhi. Even though negotiations are exhausting, you have to do it with honours. This guide is an initiation to the art of bargaining. It is […]

Princes of Delhi : the art of negotiation with rickshaws

Aïd el-Fitr is celebrated on the 18th of July 2015 in India. For Muslims, it marks the end of the Ramadan, month of fast and prayers. The Aïd takes place the day after the end of the Ramadan, as in the morning of the 18th, together in the city’s biggest […]

Aïd in India