My dad was pretty orthodox, he studied at the most premier institute of technology in the country, IIT Mumbai. So obviously when his kids came of age, he tried to coerce us into following science and eventually go on to become engineers and doctors as well. However both my brother and me resisted. We finished school and somehow managed to wiggle our way out of his persuasion....
If you are mesmerized by Bollywood and religiously follow every Hollywood release because your love for films knows no bounds, then you may have a career in Film Production given your sheer passion for the art. Today, with the film industry reaching unprecedented heights of success there are a number of opportunities in many disciplines of film making.
Depending on your...
Russel Peters, Vir Das, Cyrus Broacha are a few names you may have heard when it comes to stand up comedy. However, what you do not know that today, there are a number of young, funny and enterprising people out there who are making a career out of making people laugh. Yes, Stand Up Comedy as a profession is getting extremely popular and if you have a single funny bone...
It wasn’t one enlightening moment when I decided I wanted to be a designer. It was a slow and gradual process that established my inclination towards fashion. But design is not all about fashion. Unlike the general perception where any designer is considered to be a fashion designer, there are many streams in design. Everyone said I had to be an artist to be a designer!...
The global environment crisis that we face today is a complex and multi-faceted one. As employment plunges in most sectors of the economy owing to the recession, one sector that is gaining momentum is the Environmental Management sector. Environmental Engineering, as a discipline in itself has evolved very recently and is offered by a bare handful of institutions in India....
Today, when a million students in India, annually embrace engineering and thousands of others take up medicine or law as their careers, the more eccentric ones, who try to beat the dogma, experiment with different walks of life. That might include being a radio jockey or a sand artist or a travelogue writer or a sports commentator and what not. But it is an accepted fact...
The trend of doing things which were looked upon as a taboo is catching up pretty soon among the youth in the country. Be it the elite or the middle-class, everyone is interested in the spirits industry today. This is probably because of their association with the bar more overtly than it was, a few years back.
Phrases such as ‘Sex on the beach’, ‘Virgin Pina Colada’,...
From the time the world was getting suffocated with the amounts of smoke exhaled from cars and factories to now when the ozone layer is depleting leading to global warming and other environment related issues, environmentalists have been fighting not for their own rights but genuinely for the environment for decades.
Before we get more into the details of an environmentalist,...
How long has it been since you wore a bell bottom pant? Well today, Engineering, Medicine or Law are considered safe, conservative, old school, like bell bottom pants. Sure, they are respected. But youngsters today have respect for many unconventional careers also. There are innumerable career options that people have today and none of these options are exceptions. These...
Do you feel like you are always seeking something new? Do you think the gypsy in you is always looking to surpass your customary conduct, if you constantly feel drawn towards the road, then travel writing is the job for you.
Travel, for a writer can become a healthy addiction. Travel, has the ability to snap you out of your comfort zone, which is stimulating, enlightening...
