India, Aug. 18 -- Best foot forward

SACHIN SANGHE, CHALK-LEAD SCULPTOR, BENGALURU

It all started when his teachers would make him write on the blackboard. His handwriting was good so he was made to write news headlines and notes that the teachers wanted to be written on the board. Besides having a good handwriting, it was the fact that it was legible, clear and in a straight line that introduced him to play with chalk. Meet Sachin Sanghe, a techie who hails from Mudigere, 80 km from Bengaluru, who is mesmerising people with his miniature pieces of art carved out of chalk and pencil lead.

He tells you that even as a child, he used to crave out just anything and everything on the pieces of chalk with the help of a compass that was always...