Lying on his bed on that
Wednesday afternoon in the December of 2003, Ramki felt acutely anxious.
What am I going to do now, he
wondered.
About a month ago, he had taken a
long leave from his well paying job as the Regional Manager of a well known
Pharmaceutical Company. He had no intention of going back. He did not have a
job in hand before he took this drastic decision. His manager had been
ill-treating him for over a year. The final straw was when he was transferred
to another state in what Ramki considered was a 'Punishment Transfer'. No
self-respecting professional could take that insult.
He was 38. His wife was a home
maker and he had two children, the youngest barely two years old. In addition,
his mother was staying with him. His eldest daughter, the apple of his eye, was
studying in a school nearby and he was living in a rental apartment in the
Southern part of Bangalore.
