My phone doesn’t connect to adhoc wifi networks. I.e. the one created on my laptop so that I can use wifi on the phone. .
Apparently no android device can do this?

Refer to http://blog.joint.net/2009/07/connecting-android-phone-through-adhoc.html Note: this is not tried and tested by me

How does one buy paid apps in India?

Hmm this indeed is an issue. I have been using only free apps.

But most vendors, who have their apps on Android Market, also have it for download on their websites.

You can pay, download and install the app, that you are interested in, using the web browser in Android.

Note that, to install such non-Market apps, you will have to allow applications to install from unknown sources. In ADP1, this option can be found at Settings>Applications.

My phone doesn’t connect to adhoc wifi networks. I.e. the one created on my laptop so that I can use wifi on the phone. .
Apparently no android device can do this?
Well how does one manage it?

And also…
How does one buy paid apps in India?