The lockdown has laid bare the jugaad gene of many Jamshedpur residents, without apparently violating social distancing rules. For those needing a crash course in jugaad, it is a flexible and unconventional approach to problem-solving. While shops of non-essential items are under lock and key, some people are successfully buying shoes, fancy bags, glares and clothes, but also getting a haircut and getting spectacles mended. These form of trades are clandestine, but shopkeepers as well as customers are getting increasingly restive during the prolonged lockdown. The customer tells the shopkeeper specifically what he or she needs and a mutually convenient time to meet is decided.

Source: The Telegraph April 15, 2020 20:48 UTC