{"id":3000,"date":"2011-10-18T22:19:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T16:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2019-04-20T06:49:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T06:49:02","slug":"bunker-roy-the-barefoot-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2011\/10\/18\/bunker-roy-the-barefoot-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Bunker Roy &#038; the Barefoot College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Heard this fantastic piece by Bunker Roy on Ted Talks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\">http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other day was having a conversation with someone on why India doesn&#8217;t produce a Steve Jobs&#8230;And, just like Jobs designed all solutions based around intuitive usability, so has Bunker Roy. 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