There goes the flash – 2

The first set of photographers on ‘Re-Engineer Yourself’ received some amazing feedback and appreciation. If what came was great, what’s yet to is even better. It is said that the best photographs are the ones that are most memorable. The ones that make you smile. This week, I have a wedding photographer, a travel photographer…

There goes the Flash!

“Photography is the only language that everyone in the world understands.” Six people. Six different backgrounds. Six different dreams. The only thing common between them all, is that they all did their under-graduation in one main stream field. This feature on Re-Engineer Yourself is about six young upcoming photographers, and why photography has been their…

Re-Engineering Education

They  joined Computer Science Engineering because they wanted to become Computer Science Engineers. Period. They are not like my other features, forced into B.E and interested in something else. They are not complaining about the monotony of the Indian Education System. They are not waiting for someone to pass a bill or protest against the…

The Dancer’s Diary

Creative People : Easily Bored. Take risks. Color outside the lines. Make lots of mistakes. Known to be eccentric. Hate the rules. Work independently. Constantly changing. Think with their heart. Dream Big. Every person who wants to work in a creative field, will show at least seven out of the above ten traits. Pinterest, Tumblr,…

Some Drum Glory

One day in 2010, a girl in pigtails and a skinny school boy sat in his room, watching their favourite TV show, ‘F.R.I.E.N.D.S’. She went downstairs to get something to drink, and when she came back up, he was holding up a big wide smile and 2 drumsticks.  He happily told her all about how…

The Melton Orientation

Life doesn’t come with warnings. Neither does it make announcements. The things that change your life always happen in the blink of an eye. And one life changing experience happened to nineteen young adults from across the globe in January 2016. The Melton Foundation is an international organisation promoting global citizenship and as one of…

Re-Engineering Society

Ashwin :”It was 3 am at night, during our semester end exams. He got a call from this really rude stranger. The guy on the phone told him, “You walk around as though you are a messiah , trying to save our society. If you really are what you claim to be, there is a…

The Dramatic Engineer

Everybody is an artist. A doodle, a twist on a recipe, grooving to music, writing an essay, making up a love song for valentine’s day, thinking of a good lie, it’s all art. And so is engineering. Engineering is arguably the most intricate art there is. Thinking of a product or a process or a…