He's from India and while his technique may not be orthodox, it's definitely efficient. According to Sploid, the guy chops an onion in, roughly, 10 seconds. Watch him go chop chop chop..
The 10 seconds time is less than what it takes to do it with a domestic food processor—considering that you have to cut the onion first, put it in the machine, close the lid, chop it, and take it out again, Sploid points out.
Speaking of Indians and India, a few other observations about the inventiveness and resourcefulness of people there
