Earlier this week, social media giant (and duckface inventor) Facebook bought WhatsApp, a messaging service, for $19 billion. The $19 billion will be paid in a combination of cash, stock and the tears of Google+ users. As someone who grew up in the Indian middle class, I’m contractually obliged to pause here and ask incredulously, “19 billion dollars?! Baap ne sapne mein bhi dekhaa hai kya?”