Quote of the Week!

 Quote of the Week!

Poor playing Rich man's game

"True happiness lies within you. Contentment makes a poor man rich and discontentment makes a rich man poor. True contentment is not having everything but in making an alternative through 'Jugaad' without use of money and material the enjoyment is complete. sense of accomplishment, pleasure and satisfaction are the by-products. As relating to dyeing fabric,they put it in Punjabi(Language),"Hing lage na Phitkari,rang bhi chowkha aaye." {It means (figuratively) to make profits without using money and material only putting in efforts of your own. (Literally) means without using costly materials like  asafoeti or potash, yet somehow get the colour you wanted.}"

-Tejinder Kamboj

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      (1940-20??)



N.B.
Jugaad means
(a flexible approach to problem-solving that uses limited resources in an innovative way)

Hing and Phatkari are used in dyeing fabric
Hing = asafoetida😜rice Rs.7000 /Kg
Phitkari = Alum.​😜rice Rs.400/ounce

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