Beyond the usual
The Hindu
As new career options emerge, it is time to redefine what a “good career” is.
When it is time to choose one’s career, we come up against a mental block. A doctor’s child is expected to become a doctor. If a youngster is from a business family, he/she has to take over the reins. Many people are influenced by a career that they know about or have at least heard of. They might not know what a writer or a comedian or a designer does and so do not acknowledge such fields as prospective careers. The younger generation deserves to have multiple options to choose from and to follow their passions. But most parents have other ideas.
Today, however, the concept of work is changing and the pandemic has only hastened the process. New ideas and technology are changing the dynamics of multiple industries and this is giving rise to career options that people never dreamt off earlier. All we need is the courage to choose a path that hasn’t yet been explored.
Bengaluru saw one of its worst water crises in 2024 with ground water drying up and several parts of the city scrambling for water. With instances like BWSSB supplying treated wastewater to the construction industry, apartments being permitted to sell water from their STPs to the department, and lakes in parts of Bengaluru and neighbouring districts being filled with water from the 33 STP plants in the city, recycling of water became an important topic of conversation during this period.