The origin of engineering itself!

As we transitioned into the era of metal from stone, we moved from dens to homes, from roasted boars and deer to farms and grains, from hard to smart work. We started to engineer solutions for our problems and needs. The needs of mankind in the ancient era gave birth to the oldest branch of non-military engineering and civil engineers came into profession, the oldest name known to be that of the famous Imhotep himself. Gradually, with the development of the wheel, lever and the pulley, mechanics came into existence and as we saw the end of the renaissance era, other streams like electrical, aeronautical, electronics and computer science made their way through. 

Thank civil engineers next time, when you stare wide eyed at the concrete jungle from the observatory deck of the Empire State, when you click a picture in front of the grand Pyramids and the Roman Colosseum, when you are more busy admiring the Golden Gate bridge rather than driving carefully on it, when you try to get your shouts to echo every time the train passes through a tunnel in the Konkan, when you look at the majestic Hoover dam, when you gaze open-mouthed at the marvel that Dubai is, and when you decide to visit the Taj Mahal again next weekend from New Delhi because you know it will not take more than two hours of smooth drive!

Lots more to come on the Civil Engineer's Diary - signing off for now! :D