Ghar
Table ke pair par bottle cap
Hilti table ke chhote pair ke neeche plastic bottle ka dhakkan chipka do. Uchai bilkul sahi baithti hai aur zameen par nishan bhi nahi padta.
Jugaads for “table”
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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.
MausamTable fan + gili chaddar = poor man's AC
Hang a wet bedsheet or khus mat right in front of the table fan and point it at the bed. Air comes through the wet cloth and drops the room temperature by a few degrees. Re-wet it once at 2am. Works best in dry heat — in humid coastal cities it just makes the room sticky.
Ghar
Hair clip as a cable tie
A bobby pin or a stationery clip holds a coiled charging cable better than the twist tie it came with. Clip one to the edge of the table and thread the cable through so it never falls behind the desk again.
Rozmarra
Fold the tiffin cloth into a mat
The cloth the tiffin is wrapped in becomes the mat you eat off at the desk. Nothing on the table, nothing to wipe, and the cloth goes back around the box.
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.
Paisa
Sabzi at the end of the market run
Vendors drop prices near closing rather than carry stock home. Perfect for anything you will cook that night. Not for a week's storage — that is why it is cheap.
Rasoi
Curd instead of a marinade you do not have
Plain dahi with salt, haldi and whatever masala is in the house tenderises paneer, soya and vegetables as well as anything sold as a marinade. Half an hour is enough; overnight makes it mushy.
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 9 of them. बस, इतना ही।