The HR ailment of public sector banks

Incidents of suicides highlight the prevalent work culture in PSBs

It may sound like an apocryphal story. But it’s not. Early March, when India was celebrating Holi, the festival of colour, a senior banker attended the wedding of a close friend's daughter in Mumbai. It was a public holiday. The gentleman stayed put through all the rituals over two days at a five-star hotel but was seen hiding whenever the camera clicked to shoot the goings-on.

Why was he doing that? Was he camera-shy? Not exactly. He didn’t want to leave any trace of his presence at the wedding. The Delhi-based banker was not comfortable with the idea of any