Jobs with a thrill factor

No, he doesn't pull rabbits out of hats. But Nakul Shenoy does try to read the minds of his audience - across Wipro, HP, Cisco and other tech companies.

Vaibhav Nijhowne, IT professional in another life, decided to make a career out of mountain biking two years back. Since then he has been organising tours in places as disparate as Rajasthan and Ladakh.

Dr Jyothika Chibber has received training from the California Hypnosis Institute. She calls herself an alternative medical practitioner.

Sunalini Menon, founder of Coffee Lab in Bangalore, has been tasting coffee since 1971. How does she go about it? "I take a sip, roll it in the mouth and spit it out"

At a hospital Martin D'Souza is a "caring clown", at another place a "safety clown" teaching fire or road safety. And as "Flubber the Clown", this St. Xavier's, Mumbai graduate performs across India, the US and Canada.