The Viral Software Engineer

Ditching his two-wheeler for a white horse, Roopesh Kumar Verma, dressed in a blue shirt, and black trousers, with a laptop bag swung around his shoulder, trotted past the Bengaluru traffic on Thursday. No, it wasn’t his baraat but the software engineer’s last day at work.

Fed up with Bengaluru’s nightmarish traffic, Roopesh decided to get on his trusty steed instead. His 10km journey from his residence at Mathikere in Bengaluru to his office in Embassy Golf Links did take longer than his usual ride – just about seven hours, having started at 7am and reaching work at around 2pm.
But Roopesh sure did make heads turn, even as he made a dramatic entrance on his last day in office.

Turning into an internet sensation was not his idea though, claims Roopesh.

“I did not know this would go this viral. This was my last working day and this was my way of taking my frustration out on traffic jams. There are traffic jams for which sometimes we have to wait as long as 30-40minutes on the same spot.

There will be multiple solutions and we should use the huge IT resources we have. If we can solve one of the world's most complex problems, why can't we solve this problem?” Roopesh asked.