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Saw this charpayee, in a dhaba on the Delhi Jaipur highway. The thing which makes it different is that traditionally ropes are used, while in this case stripped pieces of a conveyor belt has been used. The guy there told me that this comes at Rs. 30 per kg which is almost half of the ropes. And this also has a springy quality which makes it preferable to rope. And it is much more durable.

I see such innovations happening not in big companies but at the roadside tea stall, or the local mechanic. Makes me glad :).

Needless to say one of the most moving documentaries I have seen. More about it here. You can view lots of other good movies there too.

In the future I’ll try to get such reports from both sides of the border, so that viewers can decide if they want to believe any media at all.

update: It would be wrong to say this is the perspective of a whole country. As I am aware of channels in india which would more aplty be tabloid channels, I guess this might be one too.