In the pulsating heart of Delhi, where the clamor of modernity often drowns out the whispers of tradition, the very air thick with the scent of exhaust fumes mingling with the sweet, cloying aroma of jasmine from hidden courtyards, the lives of countless families are irrevocably altered by a single, sharp accusation. Here, under the glare of unforgiving midday sun that bleaches the ancient red sandstone a stark, almost painful orange, and later, beneath the soft, moth-kissed glow of streetlights that cast long, dancing shadows, the law of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code stands as a paradox. Introduced in 1983, it was designed to shield women from the scourge of dowry harassment and marital cruelty, a beacon of justice against the dark tide of abuse. For many, it remains a lifeline?a legal bulwark shimmering with the hopeful hues of protection and security. Yet, for others, it has become a weapon of retribution, its edges sharp and unforgiving, wielded to settle personal vendettas and leaving devastation in its wake, much like a sudden, crashing thunderstorm in the dry season, leaving behind only the damp, earthy smell of ruin. The misuse of this law has birthed a silent epidemic, one that ravages reputations, fractures families with the sound of breaking glass and hushed, tearful arguments, and exposes the fault lines of a legal system caught precariously between protection and punishment, its gears grinding with the cacophony of bureaucratic inefficiency.
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Chinmoy Mukherjee has been working as solution architect for past 15 years.
Over the past 25 years, he has contributed to 50 real-world software projects as an individual contributor. His experience has enabled him to design, develop, and deploy some of the most complex systems, handling millions of transactions per day. As both an AWS and GCP-certified architect, he has not only built 8 systems from scratch but has also successfully re-engineered 7 legacy systems, improving their performance by 15?30%.
His expertise in cybersecurity has led to incredible discoveries?some thrilling, some frustrating. He was listed among the top 100 security researchers in the world for Microsoft (Q4, 2022) and also in Google's Hall of Fame. He ethically hacked Baba Bank, retrieving its entire customer database, and even achieved remote code execution in JPMC & Solana. Over time, he has reported critical vulnerabilities to 50+ Australian companies and received bug bounties from Uber, Apple, Mastercard, Octopus Australia, MagicLeap, and Paysafe. One of his wildest exploits? He found a vulnerability that let him order a Porsche without paying?only to receive a meager $1050 bounty for the discovery.
His penchant for testing boundaries made him the first engineer among 500,000 in HCLTech to complete and download all 1,000 offered certificates. In the industry, he played a critical role in defeating Infosys in 3 major RFPs while being part of underdog teams. Beyond corporate challenges, he took the lead in India's first blockchain token deployment, successfully developing and listing tokens on the Ethereum network.
Innovation has been central to his career. He holds 3 patents, granted in the USA and Australia. Among them, he developed "Patient Analytics," a patented system that underwent successful clinical trials in India. His contributions extend beyond hands-on work?he has written 4 bestselling eBooks (3 technical and 1 parody) and published a technical book via Springer.