Anand Mahindra amazed at ‘Desi Jugad’ of street shopkeepers, shares their videos

Anand Mahindra, chairman of Mahindra group who is known for the knack of his entrepreneurship skills is active on the social media platform more often than not. He always chips in with interesting, inspiring and entertaining posts. Time and again, he has won millions of hearts with his gesture.

The coolest business tycoon in India is an inspiration to millions of youngsters and at the same time, he is loved for his sense of humour and wittiness. He has a huge fan-following on social media, especially on Twitter.

A recent post by Anand Mahindra has won the internet. The industrialist took to Twitter to share a video of a liquor delivery shop in Bihar using an innovative way to avoid physical contact with customers.

The Mahindra group chairman shared the clip with the caption, “Clever, but crude, so it points to an opportunity for aesthetic ‘contactless’ storefront design. The future is Bluetooth-enabled shelf-browsing+chute-enabled cash exchange and delivery to your waiting hands/car (sic).”

The video went viral on social media like wildfire and has garnered 2 lakh views and 7.9k likes so far. In the video, the shopkeeper is seen selling liquor bottles in an innovative way. He has invented a new idea to sell plastic bottles to his customers amid the coronavirus outbreak. His innovative technique is widely being appreciated a lot by netizens.

The video, which is doing the rounds on social media, shows that the shopkeeper has set up a plastic pipe near the counter of his shop to transfer plastic bottles to his customers. In a way, he has started a pipeline delivery. In the video, the shopkeeper can be seen inserting liquor bottles tied with a string in the pipe which are received by the customer from the other end of the pipe.

This innovative way will surely motivate others to adopt this technique. Netizens were amused with this jugaad. One user commented, “It’s truly innovative. These JUGADS are not seen any part of the world. Proud to be an Indian sir” Another wrote, “India has talent – if situation arises public will start about survival and sure will inovative ideas to live!!!!” Check out more reactions here-

Writer, historian, and activist Dharam Sikarwar is a very active author The Youth. He writes on national and international issues, environment, politics. He is an avid book reader as well.