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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Strangle innovation, ok?
A vegetable seller in a UP village develops a two-seater helicopter that costs Rs 1 lakh. It weighs 200 kgs, is made "using parts from a tractor, scooter and auto rickshaw," and takes up "more than a thousand nights of labour." Then, just as he's about to test it, the cops arrest him. He didn't take permission from the mai-baap, you see.
Here, read the full story, which is inspiring and depressing in equal parts. (Link via email from reader Balaji M.)
Here, read the full story, which is inspiring and depressing in equal parts. (Link via email from reader Balaji M.)
