India's Work-Life Balance

Contributed By: Anshika Pandey (Student Mass Comm Contributor)
  • Balancing professional and personal life without sacrificing your well-being

‘Work-life balance’ is the latest health-mantra.

First and foremost, what are you referring to when you use this term?

It basically means, managing both work or profession and personal life hand in hand without being imbalanced and disappointing any of them.

And simultaneously, commitments are the most crucial or significant in both areas, which comes with a lot of pressure and responsibility to deliver consistency. A good balance allows individuals to meet their career ambitions while balancing personal pursuits. Sometimes it becomes difficult to achieve both things at the same point.

However, if we talk about our country, India, the way economies are growing, the competition around work load, long working hours in areas like IT, finance, and consultancies, and adaptation according to the Modern Era, achieving work-life balance can become challenging.

So there is a recent case where a man quits his job on the very first day after his manager dismissed the concept of 'work-life’ balance, as the manager clearly stated that the work-life balance is a western concept.

And there's another case where the girl named Anna Sebastian died from work-related stress, and her family claims that Anna was overwhelmed by the work load and long hours. There are many cases like this in India, which are very disheartening.

So we can conclude that not only the employee but the manager or boss should understand and value the term work-life balance.