ting Chapter 16: The Birthday Edit

Sixteen is a funny age. You’re confident. You’re reckless. You think you know everything… until a new adventure reminds you there’s always more to discover. 

ting turned 16 recently, and it reminded me of the coming-of-age movies I grew up loving, the Ferris Buellers and The Breakfast Clubs of the world. Ones where everyone thinks they’ve got it figured out and then life shows up with something even better. 
 
And every coming-of-age movie has an unforgettable beginning. Ours started like most good ones do…with friends, a little bad luck, and great timing. A flat tyre. A cup of chai. A conversation that quietly rolled into a dream. 

That was Chapter 1, written by three friends (and soon, a fourth). 
 
But by Chapter 16, the authors have multiplied. Between then and now, ting stopped being just a story told by a few and became one we all write together.

And like any good story worth telling, this one deserved a proper celebration. Ting’s 16th birthday wasn’t just marked on a calendar – it was felt, lived, and celebrated across our Chennai and Mumbai offices, with an energy that was impossible to miss. 

There was nostalgia in the air, sure. But more than that, there was energy, the kind that comes when you realise you’re creating something bigger together. 

At the heart of it all was the townhall. The founders looked back at where it all began. The rest of us looked around at what it had become. Ting, our home, a place that bleeds yellow and echoes Love Only, was truly alive in those moments. 
 
Even our website got an upgrade just in time for our sweet sixteen, a page that houses every new face and voice that joined the journey (along with the old). A reminder that at ting, the story never really belonged to one, but was being co-written by all of us. 

ting’s 16th year isn’t about nostalgia. It’s about adolescence. The coming-of-age of an agency still young, restless, curious, and now 500+ strong. We’ve outgrown the training wheels but not the thrill. We’ve learned how to play by the rules, mostly so we can bend them better. 
 
ting is sixteen, now going on seventeen. And we’re just getting started.