‘Real side of life in Bengaluru’: Techie says he spends ₹74,000 a month despite rarely going out
Bengaluru has long been regarded as one of India’s most expensive cities to live in, with rising rents and everyday living costs often becoming a topic of discussion among working professionals. Amid this, a Bengaluru-based software engineer has caught the internet’s attention after sharing a detailed breakdown of his monthly spending.Thakur shared that his “total wallet damage” is ₹74,000 a month. (Instagram/@the.wandering.dataset)Ayush Thakur, an ML engineer at Walmart, shared an Instagram video revealing that he spends around ₹74,000 a month despite not going out or partying often.In the clip, Thakur shared that his monthly rent is ₹18,000, while house help costs him ₹3,000. He said that he spends another ₹1,000 on WiFi, subscriptions and electricity.He added that he spends nothing on commuting or office meals as he relies on company-provided cabs and food. “This is the reason I romanticise my 9-to-5,” he said in the video.Further, Thakur revealed that he spends roughly ₹12,000 every month on groceries, food and protein supplements. His investments and SIPs account for another ₹30,000, he shared. “I can’t be trusted with idle money in my account,” he joked while explaining why he invests a significant portion of his income.He also said that his miscellaneous expenses, including shopping and “random 2 am Amazon orders,” come to around ₹10,000 a month.Summing it up, Thakur said that his “total wallet damage” is ₹74,000. “Which is sorta scary, kyunki main utna bahar nahi jata, aur na hi party karta hoon (because I don’t go out that much or party). But I guess, adulting in these big cities is just one long bill,” he said in the video.Sharing the video, Thakur wrote in the caption, “Sharing the real side of life in Bangalore – expenses, travel, fitness, work, and everything in between.”(Also Read:
