Name: Dr Suresh Ahuja
Where he lives: Mumbai
Profession: Doctor
What he does: Makes extra cash by putting in a few extra hours, post work.

EVER thought of taking up a job you would enjoy during your weekends? Or even after office hours?

Dr Suresh Ahuja is one such person. Ask him about his work life, and he says, "I am a doctor by profession, but my job is that of a tennis coach."

He treats patients at his clinic through the week, and is a tennis coach during the weekends.

"It gives me a chance to earn extra money. But, more that that, it allows me to play a sport, which I love, and keep fit," he says.

Begs the observation: there is definitely something you can do apart from your current job and earn some extra cash. If you are interested, that is.

And if your current job will not suffer at the cost of the new interest!

wealth found a few options that seem to find favour with many.

The writer

If writing is something that comes naturally to you, why not take it up professionally?

You could be an expert writer in your professional domain. Say you are an interior designer. You could approach interior design magazines, web sites or publications which would be more than happy to publish your thoughts and advice.

Newspaper, magazines and web sites would welcome good quality experts to be on their panel.

What you need to do: Send them a sample writeup. If it is good or, better still, impressive, they will lap you up.

You could easily earn Rs 500 to Rs 2,500 per article, depending on your writing style, experience, knowledge and the publication.

Illustration: Vaibhav Shirke

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