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The sudden and tragic loss of Anna Sebastian Perayil, a young chartered accountant who passed away on July 20, just four months after joining EY, has reignited a crucial conversation about the dangers of extreme work pressure. Her mother, Anita Augustine, addressed a heartfelt letter to EY India’s chairman, Rajiv Memani, expressing grief and attributing her daughter’s demise to the overwhelming workload, new environment, and long hours. This story has struck a chord with many professionals, highlighting the darker side of corporate culture, which can be detrimental to mental and physical health. The Modern-Day Struggle: Work Pressure and Lifestyle Expectations In today’s fast-paced world, many young professionals, like Anna, face immense pressure to succeed. The corporate environment, especially in prestigious firms like EY, is often seen as a path to success, offering financial stability and career growth. However, this comes at a significant cost. Long hours, high-stakes projects, an...

What kind of world are we living in today..??!! It is more of illusion with a liberal dose of reality.  The mind creates a world of illusion. Once this is done, our thoughts change to adapt to this illusion and accept it  but what we forget is that reality resides within us and hence we start experiencing the conflicts that eventually becomes exacting on us. Even though, the  abstraction of illusion is only a fragment of our mind, it has an overpowering control on us since we let it handle, the handle bar of our life.  The World Wide Web has dwarfed the world. Google has an answer to almost everything. Today, anything and everything is within our possible reach from any corner of the world. Gadgets control our life and seem to extract from all of us, our time and money to such an extent that we, practically, live as an asocial in an e-World today. This world has undoubtedly reconnected us with old friends and...