https://freerepublic.com/tag/sedentarywork/ en-us Wed, 27 May 2026 14:41:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4381161/posts On a warm night last May, Nikhil Somwanshi sent his roommate a WhatsApp message asking him to tell his family that what was about to happen next was an accident. The message triggered a frantic search for the 24-year-old machine-learning engineer in southeast Bengaluru Somwanshi was a star student from a small village in the farm-dotted countryside. 9mths earlier he’d landed a coveted job at Ola Krutrim, an artificial intelligence startup worth $1 billion. Getting a job at Krutrim was a big deal for Somwanshi and his community. Banners went up in his village, congratulating him. He sent funds from... Rest of world https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4381161/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2026 14:41:19 GMT