A Mumbai-based professional was once told, “you’re a disaster and that your creative stuff is sh*t”. The professional, who pleaded anonymity, says it was one of the first insults they faced at the workplace. "The power of words can really play with your mind and I was down for a long time," he says. The animation producer like many others didn't do much about it because they had bigger fish to fry.

Since then, they have got better pay and that works in his favour because more importantly they have a huge loan that needs to be paid. As much as most people choose to be, like the Mumbaikar, who says their work and professional responsibilities are bigger than these insults, toxic work culture is rampant in India and around the globe.