I Don't Want to Do Engineering But Feel Constantly Pressured to Do So

Do you have any other Indian relatives or older friends who could talk to your parents? They need to realize first it’s much more lucrative to be a good lawyer or a government official than a bad engineer, and second, that it’s not enough to study hard, you need natural abilities to be a good engineer. Your parents can’t really mean minimal wage jobs are their only acceptable alternative to engineering. Presented with this choice as inevitable, my guess is they’ll warm up to a change of major. Then you’ll need to talk to your academic advisor and find a way to do this.