‘I Love Jugaad,’ Mark Rober Appreciates Innovative Indian Solutions!

Internet’s favourite inventor and YouTuber Mark Rober, who has a special place in his heart for India, gorged on chatpata chaat. And where’s the best place for chaat in Mumbai? Of course, it’s Curly Tales’s very own Imlee – The Chat Gully. Over a Sunday Brunch of Imlee’s choiciest of chaat with our Editor-in-Chief Kamiya Jani, Mark Rober touched upon his NASA experience, journey as an inventor, his life as a YouTuber and of course, all things India! Here’s all about it. 

Mark Rober Loves India’s Jugaad

While gorging on a lavish feast of Chhole Bhature, Raj Kachori, Vada Pav, assorted Pani Puri (Kolkata’s Puchka being Mark Rober’s favourite)and taming the spice with copious glasses of Vrindavan Lassi, the inventor brought out the topic of “jugaad” with Kamiya Jani. The latter asked the former if he had discovered the reason cutting onions makes one cry.

Veering off topic, Mark Rober remembered slicing onions at the age of six. To protect his eyes, he grabbed a pair of swim goggles. They seemed to have done the trick, at least a bit. Recently, Rober came across videos of Indians wearing bike helmets while chopping onions. Calling it an “incredible jugaad”, he said it was great.

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Announces A Special Jugaad Contest For Indians

Mark Rober said, “I love jugaad. The concept of a simple solution and being resourceful. Indian people are very resourceful. Indian people are very good at being resourceful.” The YouTuber used the opportunity to announce a splendid contest for all Indians. Before he arrived in India, the inventor announced a ‘jugaad’ contest. He revealed that he will be giving ₹5 lakhs to 10 people each for coming up with the best jugaad (s). All you need to do is Google ‘Mark Rober Jugaad Contest’.

“It has to be your own (jugaad) and you have to film yourself with it,” he elaborated. If your jugaad makes it to one of Mark Rober’s 10 favourites, then you get to win a whopping ₹5 lakh.

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Mark Rober loves that Indians have a dedicated word, ‘jugaad’, for resourceful and ingenious inventions and solutions. To know more about the jugaad lover’s love for Indian culture and his life, check out the entire Sunday Brunch episode on Curly Tales’s YouTube channel.

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