A heart’s calling
Mona
Youngsters today are not the kinds to pause and wait to pursue their dreams. Engineering and medicine have given way to careers in animation, culinary arts, data sciences, dancing, filmmaking and sports management. Doctor ka beta doctor norm is increasingly losing its steam, as the youth is only too happy to chase their dreams.
Food enthusiast
Culinary Institute of America in New York City is Reet Kaur’s destination this fall. Hailing from a business family, for Reet food is way more than just satiating hunger or tastebuds for that matter. “Food brings us together, it’s about love, comfort and compassion. It is also the centrepiece of family festivities,” feels this food enthusiast. “I can bake all day and not get tired,” says Reet.
Film zone
In a few days, Pratul Kalra flies to New York to pursue his dream career — filmmaking. A dentist for a father and mum an HR consultant, medicine was no option for this boy who loves to lead many characters, many lives. “I am not for mindless entertainment. I want to make films that make people think and question.”
Sporty spirit
Kinesiology is what Aaryavardhan Rathore has opted for as a career. His reasons are two-fold – a tennis player, he wants the best grooming in the varsity he pursues his academics in; two, studying movement and sports management is an extension of what he loves the most.
Son of a lawyer and mother for an assistant professor, he did take up admission in law but later chose to chase his dreams. “I would be going to East Lansing and the decision to move is a huge one, for all my life I have stayed in a joint family.” While we might have ace engineering, medicine and management institutes, we still have a way to go when it comes to new careers and Aaryavardhan putting his all to get the very best!
Data wise
Pursuing data science is Saurav Harjai’s dream. Son of a doctor and an academician, it was this fast-emerging field that caught his attention. “I wouldn’t say it’s not booming in India, but businessmen are using it for their own gain. It’s the creative part of it that the US is channelizing tholugh, which I want to be part of,” says the boy, who will soon be pursuing his masters in New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Dance is life
An avid dancer since the age of three, when Devanshi Mishra thought of a career, she couldn’t look elsewhere. A bachelor in dance and entrepreneurship from Iowa was next on cards. “My mother is a make-up artiste and father owns a cable business, hats off to them to have supported me all the way.”
Trained in ballet, jazz and contemporary, back in Chandigarh she is running her own dance school - Oorja Danceworks. Her last ensemble, The Ginger Project, raised uncomfortable questions about the ‘rape culture’ that India is witnessing as of now.
Animated stuff
Saloni Garg wanted something interesting daily and she chose animation at MAAC Animation Institutes, Delhi, post her class 12th. “I need some sort of adventure and creativity around me every single day,” says the girl
Not that everyone was supportive! “I often hear, ‘you are such a bright student so why you are going in this field’, but I know it makes me happy and my parents satisfied.”
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