Mausam
लू से बचने के लिए प्याज़ और नमक
दोपहर में बाहर निकलना पड़े तो कच्चा प्याज़, नमक और खूब पानी। सिर ढको और दो बजे से चार बजे के बीच धूप से बचो — यही सबसे असरदार हिस्सा है।
Jugaads for “loo”
22 resultsPaisa
One UPI app, one card, one look every Sunday
Route everything through one app and one card so the statement is the whole story. Five minutes on Sunday looking at the week is more effective than any budgeting app you will stop opening in March.
Ghar
Nail polish on a loose screw
A screw that keeps working loose in a handle or hinge: pull it, put a drop of clear nail polish in the hole, and drive it back before the polish sets. Holds for months, and comes out again when you need it to.
Rasoi
Namak zyada ho gaya? Aloo daal do
Do moti aloo ki phaanken sabzi mein daal ke das minute pakao, phir nikaal do. Namak kaafi kam ho jaata hai. Gravy hai to ek chammach dahi ya besan bhi chalta hai.
Rasoi
Save the aloo, add raw potato to salty curry
Over-salted the sabzi? Drop in two thick raw potato slices and simmer ten minutes, then remove them. They pull out a surprising amount of salt. A spoon of curd or besan works on gravies too.
Bijli
Keep the router off the floor
A router on the floor sprays half its signal into the slab below. Anything that gets it to chest height and out of a cupboard helps more than changing the plan.
Ghar
Talcum powder into a squeaky floorboard
Work talcum powder into the joint of a squeaking wooden floorboard with a dry brush and sweep off the rest. It stops the two edges rubbing. Lasts a few months, then repeat.
Mausam
Onion in the pocket for a heat day
An old loo-season habit: keep a raw onion in your pocket or bag when you have to be out at 2pm. Whether it does anything physical is arguable — what is not arguable is raw onion, water and salt at lunch, which genuinely helps.
GharChappal under the wobbly table leg
Fold a rubber slipper, cut it to thickness, wedge it under the short leg. It grips the floor better than folded paper and does not compress over time. The most-deployed jugaad in India.
Ghar
Chhoti cheezein khoyi? Ek dabba banao
Ek dabba — usmein hi charger, chaabi, battery aur pen. Jo cheez roz khoti hai uska ek pata hona chahiye. Ghar mein sabko wahi jagah maloom ho.
Rasoi
आलू अंकुरित न हों इसके लिए सेब
आलू के साथ एक सेब रख दो। सेब की गैस अंकुर आने से रोकती है। प्याज़ के साथ मत रखना, दोनों जल्दी खराब होते हैं।
Rozmarra
Photograph where you parked
One photo of the pillar number as you walk away. Basement parking in a mall all looks identical after two hours, and this ends the wandering completely.
Paisa
Refill, not repurchase
Handwash, detergent, floor cleaner and hair oil all sell refill pouches at a fraction of the bottled price. One bottle, refilled for years, is less money and much less plastic.
Mausam
Umbrella in the bag from June, not from the first rain
The rule that actually works: the umbrella lives in the bag from the first week of June to the end of September, whether or not the sky looks like anything. Every year the first soaking is the one where it was at home.
Mausam
Cold press on the wrists, not the forehead
Run cold water over your wrists and the back of your neck for thirty seconds. Blood runs close to the surface there and you cool down faster than with a wet towel on the head.
Paani
Drip catcher under the RO
Slide a shallow tray under the RO unit. A slow leak announces itself as a puddle in the tray weeks before it announces itself as a swollen cabinet floor.
Bijli
Photograph the meter reading every month
One photo a month on the same date. When a bill arrives that looks wrong you have proof instead of an argument, and you can see for yourself which month the usage jumped.
Bijli
Wrap the cable the way it wants to go
Chargers fray at the neck because they get bent there every night. Loop the cable loosely over your hand rather than wrapping it tight around the adapter, and a spring from an old pen slipped over the neck stops the sharp bend altogether.
Ghar
Doormat on both sides of the door
One mat outside catches the grit, one inside catches what the first one missed. Two cheap mats cut how often you mop more than any single expensive one.
Rasoi
Keep coriander alive in a glass of water
Stand the dhaniya stems in a glass with an inch of water, like flowers, and put a loose cover over the leaves in the fridge. Ten days instead of three. Change the water when it clouds.
PaisaThread wrap on broken spectacle arms
When the hinge screw disappears, line up the holes and wrap thick thread tightly through and around them, then dab a drop of glue. Holds for weeks and looks deliberate if you use black thread.
GharBalcony rope pulley for deliveries
A rope and a cloth bag lowered from the third-floor balcony collects milk, vegetables and post without four flights of stairs. Standard equipment in Kolkata and Mumbai chawls for decades.
That is all 22 of them. बस, इतना ही।