A funny Instagram video captioned ‘India is not for beginners’ shows an amazing example of ‘jugad,’ an Indian expression referring to creative or resourceful solutions. In this, a man explains how he had to keep wearing a helmet in his city after the rule has become compulsory there; without the helmet, he can’t even get fuel for his scooty.
He starts saying, “Toh aise hi nahi bolte India is not for beginners. Humare sheher mein helmet compulsory kar diya gaya hai, bina helmet aap kahi ghum nahi sakte, na aapko petrol diya jayega.” (This is how it goes, India is not for beginners. In our city, wearing a helmet has become compulsory, and without one, you cannot roam around or even get fuel.)
A man reaches up to a petrol pump, takes off his helmet, and is greeted with an amusing surprise. The Indian ingenuity is seen in how the attendants have tied up a helmet at the other end of a string and present it to bikers sans helmet. This would allow riders to admit to still having their helmets on while getting fuel without much of an issue. Even the viewers were left laughing over the clever mix of law and ingenuity.
The video concludes with a close-up of the man’s scooty number plate, revealing that the incident took place in Jharkhand.
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Several users flocked to the comments to share their thoughts. One commented, “Petrolpump be like: – Kuch bhi ho hamara nuksaan nhi hona chahiye.” Another remarked, “Bhai ye to ‘BOKARO’ ka Usha Petroleum h.” And one user added, “If ‘customer bhagwan saman hota hai’ had an example.”
