Vijay Balasubramaniam is a thinker. He takes thinking very seriously. A software professional for around 18 years and having lived abroad in the past, Balasubramaniam wants to change the way children think. He explains: children are taught in such a way growing up that they end up developing their left side of the brain. The right side of the brain, he says, is underdeveloped. What Balasubramaniam means is that the children, though creative, aren’t taught how to tap their creativity, which is the domain of the human brain’s right hemisphere.
“Children are far more intelligent than you think. But they are also far less mature when it comes to taking sensible decisions,” he said. His wife Nithya shares his passion, and together they wanted to start an outfit where kids learn how to think. The problem was: where to get all the money to sustain a venture like this and, if Balasubramaniam were to join it in the future, which he aspires to do someday, would the absence of salary income hinder their lifestyle?
