Yaar, I finally got the scooter’s rattle fixed after six years — feels like the engine is breathing properly for the first time. But then you see the petrol bill for the week, and you realise the government’s subsidy on LPG is like putting a band-aid on a broken leg. We stretch every rupee by buying dal and rice in bulk from the ration shop, and I patch up old phone chargers with electrical tape instead of buying new ones. Bas, that’s the real hack: learn to fix things yourself, because the system won’t fix the prices.

Arre yaar, I see all you guys grinding for these exams and I get it—my cousin got a clerk post in Raipur, now his whole family breathes easy. Meanwhile I’m still fixing the same scooter rattle I thought my salary finally killed, and my React skills feel