India, March 15 -- An engineer's social media post about the struggle to save just Rs. 20,000 per month despite earning Rs/ 1.5 lakh has gone viral, shedding light on the high cost of living in Bengaluru.

The post, shared online by one of his family members, detailed the financial journey of a man after he moved to the city for a tech job.

An X user, whose account is named @AlfinCodes, wrote:

"My cousin moved to Bangalore for a Rs/1.5L/month tech job. Six months later, he realised something no one tells freshers."

The post described the cousin's situation: a computer science graduate who had landed his first software developer job and moved to Bengaluru for better opportunities. While friends and family back home believed he had "made...