GUILT-FREE HOLS

As per the 2018 vacation deprivation report, released by the online travel portal Expedia, Indians feel they are the most vacation deprived people in the world and rightly so, as they hardly take any "vacation time", statistically speaking. Seventy-five per cent of Indians feel vacation deprived which is the highest in the world, followed by South Koreans (at 72 per cent) and residents of Hong Kong (69 per cent). The study showed that Indian workers also do not take all assigned vacation days and rank fifth in terms of markets that leave their vacations unused. This harms their productivity in the long run. Indians should learn to prioritise mental health above all else, and take steps to ensure that they are confident enough at work to take off. Employers should encourage them to do so.

Moitrayee Das Mumbai