[Fsf-friends] olpc project in kerala or any other advanced state

[Kush]

Is there any equivalent project like the one laptop per child project in 
Brazil here in any of the 30 plus states of India or in any of the 500 
plus districts of India?

What looks most interesting is the self cranking/auto powering feature 
of the OLPC laptops (because of our dismal electricity problem in most 
of India). Wonder what hardware they have and what softwares are put on 
them. Anybody here who has first hand experience of the gadgets and if 
they are worth anything. I mean lot of hype is created for such projects 
including our own under 10,000 rupees computers but these sadly fail 
because of 2 types of problems--

1 mass scale manufacturing and management of distribution etc (large 
scale concerns)
2 problems in quality and benefits of the device plus no mechanism to 
improve on the existing device after users report defects and ask for 
enhancements. (individual concerns)

Kush