An Engineer's Rant: The Engineers' Day

On the 15th of September, 1861, a renowned person by the name of Sir Mokshagundam Vishwehsvaraya was born in the Kingdom of Mysore, in British India. It is in the memory of this great and magnificent engineer, who is noted for his many contributions including the design and supervision of the construction of the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam, that we celebrate 'Engineers' Day' on 15th September every year. Also, on the 17th of September every year, we celebrate Vishwakarma Puja, the God of Architect and a divine Engineer, who created everything including the Universe! Big Bang who?

This is trivia. Nobody cares. At least, most. But Engineers' Day has always been trending, courtesy of memes and parodies in social media. An engineering joke is the prime one-liner of every comedian in town. So how has this tremendous engineering profession which had so much respect during the old times has become a joke in present times? If you open youtube, you will see scores of comedians, mostly engineers themselves, cracking humorous jokes about this profession and getting a thunderous response from the crowd. Even the crowd would be filled with engineers! 

In the present scenario, what drives a young teenager to become an engineer? Is there any passion or hunger for knowledge within that field which is accelerating his or her thirst to become one? If you think having an innate love for cars and bikes means you should go for engineering, then it means the same thing that just because you love swimming, you jump into your neighborhood drain! Even then, why does 9 out of 10 boys in India end up in an engineering college even though the number of girls in most such colleges equal the Aryabhatta-invented number?

In India, most of the engineering students are thrived by the endless instructions and propositions by grown up relatives and neighbors. It has been the Number 1 National Free-Time addiction of grown ass people to assault a student towards Science stream and then towards the reclusive door of 'Engineering'. If you happen to ask any of these grown ass fellows as to 'Why should one pursue engineering?', then their mere response would be: 'You'll get a good and secure government job!' People in India are simply obsessed with the idea of government jobs, even if the job wants nothing of you other than gluing your ass on a chair and chewing 'paan-taamool' the entire day. And for good reason! Private jobs in the engineering field nowadays offer a paltry amount in the name of income which is less than even the pocket money of a few kids I know in this town. Even I earn more than that, sitting at home doing nothing but writing for a few online portals and also spreading knowledge among a few young guns. But the society will only accept you if you rush out of your home at 9 am and rub your ass on a desk-&-bench throughout the day, sweating the shit out of your entire body and then come back home, tired at night. Those who get a Sunday off will crave for rest the entire day for obvious reasons and once the day gets over, will reluctantly get ready for another rat-race week. This vicious cycle runs throughout the entire life until you reach the grand retirement age which is also set by the higher authorities. When was the last time you saw somebody not frustrated with their life? No wonder people would rather jump off a plane in PUBG rather than greet the first day of every week. Monday, anyone?

There is no real life after engineering as well. Most engineers after passing out, prepare for entrance exams like GATE or IES, some others go on to pursue MBA or better the IIMs via CAT, a few others opt for the famous UPSC Civil Services Examinations, a select others towards the banking exams and God Forbid! who must forget the national hobby of youngsters nowadays: 'Start-Up'. Entrance Exams and further interviews devour our entire life. Engineering is the urgent national ejaculative pleasure every student must taste before they go on to find divine peace on earth. Anyway, this isn't any post to demotivate youngsters from pursuing engineering. Let me tell you one important thing. If you are good at something, do it after engineering. Joke intended.

'Engineering kar lo. Bahut scope hai, bhaai.' Sarcasm definitely intended.
Dracarys, amigos!