Although there is a great deal of concern raised by SN Subrahmanyan remarks, who is the chairman of Larsen & Toubro, Deepika Padukone is most likely to be in favor of them since she considers herself a mental health advocate. He has gone on to tweet alerting people to Shoshin’s discourse that Karoshi is a desirable ambition that employees of any organization should work for, and people should be ready to sacrifice lunch breaks, holidays, and even sleep. These kinds of comments reiterate the increasingly blurred boundaries of work in our lives.

Deepika posted Faye D’Souza’s comment on similar issues and seemed to be equally aghast that someone in such a senior position would make such remarks. She wrote on her Instagram Stories, “Shocking to see people in such senior positions make such statements. #MentalHealthMatters.”

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Subrahmanyan created further controversy by advocating a 90-hour workweek outlining how much an employee actually gets to spend at home. He joked: “For how long can you look at your wife? He advocated that work should take precedence over family. He also reasoned with the work culture that requires working Saturdays and lamented over the fact that Sundays could not be made working days either. He is reported saying ‘If I can make you work on Sundays, I would be more happy, because I do work on Sundays,’ said a video which is making the rounds on reddit.

Subrahmanyan backed his claim by attempting to reference a conversation he had with a Chinese man. He stated that the unnamed individual said that the reason why China is able to catch up with the US is because over there, there are workers willing to do 90 hours when Americans work 50 hours. Subrahmanyan then added, “If you want to be on top of the world, you have to work 90 hours a week.”

This comes in the wake of the abuse that Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy also had to endure because of stating that young professionals these days should be working to six seventy hour work weeks to help in the building of the nation, something that has been grossly received on several platforms, especially social media.

Mental Health Advocacy by Deepika Padukone

It was Deepika Padukone also, who mentioned that she was suffering from depression back in 2015 and experienced the feeling of desolation and also had the desire to commit suicide, has been brazen enough to speak about this. With the help of her family and professionally trained individuals, she was able to successfully face this ordeal. Later, she started The Live Love Laugh Foundation to help lessen the societal stigma attached to mental illness as well as increasing the awareness around it and extending help to the people in need. Deepika still raises her voice for mental health concerns and strives to ensure that those in distress are supported.