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> pretending to be too gangsta to care. > I don't know much about India, but if you're going to go that route, it better be as easy to make it by there as a un

> pretending to be too gangsta to care. > I don't know much about India, but if you're going to go that route, it better be as easy to make it by there as a uni drop-out as it is in the US It's affluenza. His dad's a Colonel in the Indian Army and a senior bureaucrat who worked on infrastructure and civilian-military airport development ($$$). Worst case this kid lays low for a couple months, gets admitted into a private university in India thanks to daddy, and his dad will use his network to get him a job and start his career. That said, given the way he wrote the article, the comments he made on HN, and the kinds of comments I've seen users make on iitsocial (some homophobic and sexual harassment posts targeting students who happened to be lower caste) I could see someone getting pissed enough to file an FIR on him under IPC 354 (non-bailable), 504, 505, and 509 as well as the SC/ST Act to make an example out of him. Even if he is found not guilty, getting an FIR means you will never get a visa anywhere (because all countries ask about your criminal background) and getting a job would be extremely difficult without family support. And becuase this would have become a big news story which would have made IITD's admin look bad (rich upper caste son of a Colonel aided and abetted in sexual harassment of OBC woman at IITD) during election season they tried to give him an offramp, which he stupidly ignored. Edit: Jesus, he admitted to committing defamation with full cognizance [0] (and it's already been archived [1]). > "ok so i was just doing marketing, we were uploading rumors and gossip about people" Yeah, he can't be saved. He can get an FIR filed against him under IPC 499 and can easily be found guilty of defamation under IPC 500 (non-bailable) on top of the other IPCs listed and the SC/ST Act. [0] - https://monyatwu.com/dailyblog/day29/ https://monyatwu.com/dailyblog/day29/ [1] - https://web.archive.org/web/20260406220532/https://monyatwu.com/dailyblog/day29/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260406220532/https://monyatwu....

alsetmusic 7mo ago
I typically believe in granting forgiveness for the stupid mistakes people make when they're young. I certainly asked forgiveness and apologized for past behavior. I'm on the fence about this one given the trollish behavior and lack of remorse. I halfway hope you're right and he gets his wings clipped forever. I'm also not especially sympathetic to people who attempt to knowingly capitalize on the unearned status afforded to them by family.
- alephnerd 7mo ago
  Realistically, nothing will happen because any news would make IITD's admin look bad. Something would happen only if someone took enough offense from something on iitsocial and has a comparable or stronger network or set of connections (which could happen depending on how vindictive IITD students might be).
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porridgeraisin 7mo ago
The law is pretty much redundant here. Even if he was connection-less, reserved, etc, the same problem would have happened. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47668009 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47668009
- alephnerd 7mo ago
  Absolutely. What I mean if one of the students (or moreso their parents) targeted on iitsocial feels vindictive enough and has deep pockets (still fairly common at top IITs) they could easily file an FIR and force IITD admin to respond. Admin and (though he doesn't realize it) the student both have an incentive to get this resolved quietly and under the table - admin becuase if this somehow blows up they will end up getting severe flak and the student (even though he doesn't realize it) because if this issue blows up he will be made an example by admin to show that they did something.
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1whizkid1 7mo ago
first off, how do you know all that about my dad, im so curious. and secondly, you are way off about this. the only reason i mentioned the army parents thing is cos i wanted to say i've been raised to not be intimidated by people threatening me. not that i can use "connections" wtv that means... Also, I do not understand why you are obsessed with caste. I don't even know my own caste. I do not care about it at all, we are all just students at iit delhi, nothing more nothing less. And also the kind of rumors/gossip we were writing were the fun kind, "he has a crush on the girl with specs from math class", "she really likes eating college maggi" etc Also, you have a completely wrong read of me. im not some entitled rich kid, im just a kid who works really hard, all day on cool math and building cool stuff, so that i can achieve my dreams.
- ChoGGi 7mo ago
  > how do you know all that about my dad He found it on a social network. > I don't even know my own caste. I do not care about it at all That's a nice luxury to have. > And also the kind of rumors/gossip we were writing were the fun kind, "he has a crush on the girl with specs from math class", "she really likes eating college maggi" etc People can be monsters, welcome to life. > 1whizkid1 18 hours ago How is some people writing bad things about some students a value reason to make me take my website down? like iit should honestly have been proud of me for building something cool, which over 80% of their uni is using. instead of threatening to kick me out... Jesus, buddy
- alephnerd 7mo ago
  > i mentioned the army parents thing is cos i wanted to say i've been raised to not be intimidated by people threatening me. not that i can use "connections" wtv that means... BC bandh kar. I have relatives who are low level jawans and I and every other Desi knows what you meant. > And also the kind of rumors/gossip we were writing were the fun kind, "he has a crush on the girl with specs from math class", "she really likes eating college maggi" etc Doesn't matter. You admitted to committing an IPC 499 and 500 violation. You don't understand the severity of the situation you are in and what a massive offramp IITD's admin gave you. > Also, I do not understand why you are obsessed with caste. I don't even know my own caste. I do not care about it at all, we are all just students at iit delhi, nothing more nothing less Not in the eyes of the law. If one of your classmates feels vindictive enough they have such an easy path to file an FIR including a non-bailable IPC on you. Your middle class life will be over - all countries reject visa applicants who faced a police inquiry irrespective of whether you or not were ultimately found innocent or guilty. > Also, you have a completely wrong read of me. im not some entitled rich kid, im just a kid who works really hard, all day on cool math and building cool stuff, so that i can achieve my dreams. Your conduct and manner of speech says otherwise. The fact that you were openly taunting your classmates on IG, your profile picture for your blog is of you urinating on a public wall in a hill station, and that you are doubling down instead of recognizing the severity of your mistakes shows severe immaturity and yes a form of affluenza which is sadly all to common back in India. You severely messed up by posting on HN - most users are western dweebs, but there are plenty of SV and Indian decisionmakers on here (a number of whom are IITD graduates as well). You pulled a Streisand effect and whenever you will file for a visa or apply for a job, your conduct on this page along with your blog (which is fully archived btw) will show up during a background check. In India you can at least rely on your family to pull some strings to get you something, but you wasted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to open doors that the IITD moniker opens.

alsetmusic 7mo ago

I typically believe in granting forgiveness for the stupid mistakes people make when they're young. I certainly asked forgiveness and apologized for past behavior. I'm on the fence about this one given the trollish behavior and lack of remorse. I halfway hope you're right and he gets his wings clipped forever. I'm also not especially sympathetic to people who attempt to knowingly capitalize on the unearned status afforded to them by family.

alephnerd 7mo ago
Realistically, nothing will happen because any news would make IITD's admin look bad. Something would happen only if someone took enough offense from something on iitsocial and has a comparable or stronger network or set of connections (which could happen depending on how vindictive IITD students might be).

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porridgeraisin 7mo ago

The law is pretty much redundant here. Even if he was connection-less, reserved, etc, the same problem would have happened. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47668009 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47668009

alephnerd 7mo ago
Absolutely. What I mean if one of the students (or moreso their parents) targeted on iitsocial feels vindictive enough and has deep pockets (still fairly common at top IITs) they could easily file an FIR and force IITD admin to respond. Admin and (though he doesn't realize it) the student both have an incentive to get this resolved quietly and under the table - admin becuase if this somehow blows up they will end up getting severe flak and the student (even though he doesn't realize it) because if this issue blows up he will be made an example by admin to show that they did something.

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1whizkid1 7mo ago

first off, how do you know all that about my dad, im so curious. and secondly, you are way off about this. the only reason i mentioned the army parents thing is cos i wanted to say i've been raised to not be intimidated by people threatening me. not that i can use "connections" wtv that means... Also, I do not understand why you are obsessed with caste. I don't even know my own caste. I do not care about it at all, we are all just students at iit delhi, nothing more nothing less. And also the kind of rumors/gossip we were writing were the fun kind, "he has a crush on the girl with specs from math class", "she really likes eating college maggi" etc Also, you have a completely wrong read of me. im not some entitled rich kid, im just a kid who works really hard, all day on cool math and building cool stuff, so that i can achieve my dreams.

ChoGGi 7mo ago
> how do you know all that about my dad He found it on a social network. > I don't even know my own caste. I do not care about it at all That's a nice luxury to have. > And also the kind of rumors/gossip we were writing were the fun kind, "he has a crush on the girl with specs from math class", "she really likes eating college maggi" etc People can be monsters, welcome to life. > 1whizkid1 18 hours ago How is some people writing bad things about some students a value reason to make me take my website down? like iit should honestly have been proud of me for building something cool, which over 80% of their uni is using. instead of threatening to kick me out... Jesus, buddy
alephnerd 7mo ago
> i mentioned the army parents thing is cos i wanted to say i've been raised to not be intimidated by people threatening me. not that i can use "connections" wtv that means... BC bandh kar. I have relatives who are low level jawans and I and every other Desi knows what you meant. > And also the kind of rumors/gossip we were writing were the fun kind, "he has a crush on the girl with specs from math class", "she really likes eating college maggi" etc Doesn't matter. You admitted to committing an IPC 499 and 500 violation. You don't understand the severity of the situation you are in and what a massive offramp IITD's admin gave you. > Also, I do not understand why you are obsessed with caste. I don't even know my own caste. I do not care about it at all, we are all just students at iit delhi, nothing more nothing less Not in the eyes of the law. If one of your classmates feels vindictive enough they have such an easy path to file an FIR including a non-bailable IPC on you. Your middle class life will be over - all countries reject visa applicants who faced a police inquiry irrespective of whether you or not were ultimately found innocent or guilty. > Also, you have a completely wrong read of me. im not some entitled rich kid, im just a kid who works really hard, all day on cool math and building cool stuff, so that i can achieve my dreams. Your conduct and manner of speech says otherwise. The fact that you were openly taunting your classmates on IG, your profile picture for your blog is of you urinating on a public wall in a hill station, and that you are doubling down instead of recognizing the severity of your mistakes shows severe immaturity and yes a form of affluenza which is sadly all to common back in India. You severely messed up by posting on HN - most users are western dweebs, but there are plenty of SV and Indian decisionmakers on here (a number of whom are IITD graduates as well). You pulled a Streisand effect and whenever you will file for a visa or apply for a job, your conduct on this page along with your blog (which is fully archived btw) will show up during a background check. In India you can at least rely on your family to pull some strings to get you something, but you wasted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to open doors that the IITD moniker opens.