An engineer from my undergraduate school IIT Kanpur who also went to the University of Florida has invented a lantern-cum-stove that lights up a small room while cooking food, an intriguing application of "frugal innovation" for the 600 million rural Indians, many of whom don't have access to reliable electric...
Steam locomotive power tourism and nostalgia among foreign tourists to India
The pounding of pistons, the rhythmic chuff of a locomotive and storybook names such as "Fairy Queen" are all part of the allure of India's old-fashioned steam railroad, particularly for tourist from India's former ruler, Great Britain. UK's IB Times reports "The presence of raw fire that fires raw power...