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Jaipur Foot

Posted on October 12, 2009

A Man with the Jaipur Foot, New Delhi Railway Station

I saw his man walking with a Jaipur Foot in hand and with a water bottle inside it. I wondered if I should click a picture but then decided why not. His leg that is not visible in the picture was a Jaipur foot too.

I liked his spirit. For me it was quite strange to watch a foot being carried in a hand but for him it must be a useful and familiar extension of the body, so much so that he can keep a water bottle inside it!

I wish I could take better pictures with my cell phone but for know this has to do.

8 thoughts on “Jaipur Foot”

  1. Lost Wanderer says:
    October 12, 2009 at 7:54 pm

    There is a saying, "Only in India" …I can't imagine stuff like this happening anywhere else 🙂 It's totally fabulous, and what a neat idea for that guy to save space by putting water in a leg. LOL

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  2. Abhilash says:
    October 12, 2009 at 8:28 pm

    Nice click Mridula. He is used to it and might be that he finds it no new to use it for other things too…

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  3. Tarun Mitra says:
    October 13, 2009 at 5:43 am

    Ingenious! just like the foot itself.But I see a purpose here, it is not only for the carrying bottle that he is carrying one of his foot on his hand. He could hold the bottle in his hand, the purpose is to catch the train, so that he could hold the handle with his hand or fingers to be exact. Real ingenious!

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  4. Mridula says:
    October 13, 2009 at 11:01 am

    Lost Wanderer, Abhliash and Tarun, thank you so much for your thoughts. I am glad I clicked it.

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  5. Sangfroid says:
    October 13, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    Interesting!!For a moment I thought, you took to Jaipur from Bundi 😛

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  6. Mridula says:
    October 13, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    Sangfroid, not this fast now, at least for a while.

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  7. rocksea says:
    October 14, 2009 at 9:05 am

    🙂

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  8. Mridula says:
    October 14, 2009 at 9:26 am

    Thanks for stopping by Rocksea.

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I am Mridula Dwivedi and I started this blog in 2005. It has been an amazing ride. I have visited 33 countries till date! I have worked with many tourism boards and prominent travel companies. My blog was featured on the BBC and the Guardian.

I did my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. I worked full time in academics till 2015! I quit my job as a professor, thinking I will take a break for one year, which turned into five.

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