The Bored Engineer

In the Times of India editorial DIGITAL INDIA IS DYING dated(July 4, 2016) the author has made a pitch for some sort of protectionist policies being implementing to ‘save’ the digital start-ups in India which are in a nascent stage from their international or more importantly American competitors with deep pockets. The author makes a compelling case for Flipkart, Snapdeal and OLA which are facing stiff competition from Amazon and Uber. The author airs his fears of India becoming the digital colony of America just like Europe has been while praising china for it closed market which have given it a home grown versions of google and Facebook. While I don’t dispute the writers claims about Indian digital companies facing an uphill task against their American rivals but I doubt if we should ever take sides. We had a closed economy for a good 40 years simply because we felt so burnt and exploited of foreign colonial exploitation that had just ended that we missed the global growth...

“Why can’t you understand, life is not that simple. You can’t just wish for your problems to go away like that without doing anything about it”, cried Arjun. “I don’t mind talking about problems, but it you have to understand that you are not always correct. Why don’t you try to visualize life from someone else’s perspective as well”, replied Tanya. “There is no point talking sense to you. You will always be trapped in the limitations of your own thinking. So much for being a wannabe feminist, all you know is how to twist everyone else into forcing them to accept what you want them to.” “How can you be so insensitive, Arjun. One day you propose to me telling me that you love my outlook of life and the very next day you question the very basis of my belief system. What do you want me to do, please tell me because now I’m not sure if I can even understand what is going on inside your head.” “I want you to think and talk to me when you are back in the right frame of mind...

Marriages are forged in heaven but the bonds of matrimony are broken here on the earth, and no one knew that better than Sanjay. With a career spanning over twenty years as a divorce attorney he knew more about breaking up families than saving them and it suited him well. But right now he wished quite the opposite. Because for now he was trying to save the marriage of his best friend Aakash who had suddenly developed a strange affinity for some college girl who met him at some seminar-or-convention. He didn’t know much about her except the fact that Aakash had been acting weird since he met her and his once a family-man best friend was today missing along with a girl half his age, leaving him to manage the wrath of his wife. As she disconnected the call from her mother, Maya’s temper seemed to flare up quickly. It had been 12 hours since she had returned from her parents’ home in Delhi and Aakash was nowhere to be found. Couple that with a photo of Aakash with that girl fro...