Brick Lane

In Dindigul, a small town in Tamilnadu, Dr Vishnu Manohar, a gold medalist prosthetic dentist has been making news – not just for his practice, but for his quintessential Indian vehicles – MOCs (My Own Creation, in LEGO® parlance), like Bajaj RE Auto, Tata Motor Trucks, and Maruti Omni, all created using LEGO®. His tryst with the bricks began when he was seven, with a Technic model but his interest resurfaced when he used LEGO® for a unique denture impression technique on a patient with limited mouth opening. “LEGO® stores in India are limited to the Metros and the occasional gift from NRI relatives. The advent of smartphones had killed the hobby as people find screens to be better alternatives for keeping busy. It’s alarming. As an adult fan of Lego (AFOL), I thought of changing the narrative. The challenge lies in not following an instruction manual but in building something new. Technic elements are very handy and a certain inventory of parts can be reassembled in any way you can imagine – the possibilities are endless,” says Dr. Manohar. He found the website, www.rebrickable.com, which has an index of thousands of alternate builds to be made from whatever parts you have. Just list the sets you