The Beginning I was born in Hyderabad but was schooled in Thane. Then as the Gulf War gained momentum, my dad left the Middle East and the family relocated to Hyderabad. I completed my B.A. in English Literature, Political Science and World History and immediately took up a job at HSBC for a UK tele-banking position. After two years, I worked elsewhere in an online gaming (read gambling) company that collected player debt and cashed out winnings, all the while taking on small makeup jobs over the weekends to gather experience and skill. I knew I’d be good at it because I used to paint oil on canvas as a hobby, and a makeup artist friend Sachin Dakoji introduced me to makeup and encouraged me to keep at it. I finally worked at Google…