India turned 16 this year - if 1991, the year the economy was liberalised and a nation was re-born - is taken as the starting point. Sixteen-year-olds are no longer children; nor are they full-grown adults. It is an awkward stage between dreams and realisation. The old order has changed, but the new hasn't quite taken its place. Things nearly happen.
K. Sudhakar of Hyderabad enjoys building cars. Only they are shaped like cricket bats, helmets, burgers and computers. Why? To bring a smile on people's faces, he tells Souvik Chowdhury.
