There's most definitely nothing better than turning to toast on a quiet beach as the sea breeze shakes salt onto your skin or lie back and look at the stars on some cold mountain, whichever landscape appeals to you more.

Make that indefinite bliss if a computer screen doesn't flash before your eyes a week or even two after your glorious holiday. That's what sabbaticals are meant to be reminders of what life could be without the drag of a job.

"Our generation's work/lifestyle tends to burn us out more than say our parents' generation," says Delhi-based writer Ameta Bal, 30 who has been on a sabbatical since this July. Since then she's been on two trips to Hong Kong and Dharamshalau00a0 learnt to cook and de-stress.

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