What constable Reena can teach our 70-hour-a-week CEOs

Harinder Baweja
TIMESOFINDIA.COMUpdated: Feb 23, 2025, 23:34 IST IST

Within 24 hours of the stampede in Delhi that claimed 18 lives, the Railway Protection Force constable was on the platform, baton in hand, baby on chest. She proved it is possible to maintain a ‘work-life’ balance. She’s the one sharing a valuable life lesson

At the Global Leadership Summit, Murthy also said, “About 25 years ago, KV Kamath at an event was asked about his opinion on work-life balance. He said that India is a poor country with a lot of challenges. We first have to get a life, then we can worry about work-life balance.” Kamath is the chairman of Jio Financial Services.Reena has proven, beyond a doubt, that she’s got a life. She’s proven, rather matter-of-factly, that maintaining a ‘work-life balance’ — which Murthy doesn’t believe in — is so very doable. It is within arm’s reach.Reena has also reminded us of how SN Subrahmanyan, the chairman of Larsen & Toubro, landed in a controversy recently. Not only because he said he would love his employees to work on Sundays, but also because of the comment thereafter: “What do you do sitting at home? How long can you stare at your wife?”Reena was neither sitting at home — she seldom does — nor staring at her spouse. He is posted miles away, serving the country in Jammu and Kashmir, as a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable. He’s got a life too and it isn’t measured in hours.Read more from the author here.","@type":"NewsArticle","mainEntityOfPage":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-plus/society-culture/what-infosys-co-founder-narayana-murthy-can-learn-from-constable-reena/articleshow/118501368.cms","inLanguage":"en","headline":"What constable Reena can teach our 70-hour-a-week CEOs","keywords":"stampede,rpf,narayana murthy,kumbh mela,infosys,constable","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-plus/society-culture/what-infosys-co-founder-narayana-murthy-can-learn-from-constable-reena/articleshow/118501368.cms","datePublished":"2025-02-23T14:35:00+05:30","dateModified":"2025-02-23T23:34:00+05:30","description":"Society & Culture News: Within 24 hours of the stampede in Delhi that claimed 18 lives, the Railway Protection Force constable was on the platform, baton in hand, baby on che","thumbnailUrl":"https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-118503522,width-1280,height-720,imgsize-103538,resizemode-6,overlay-toi_sw,pt-32,y_pad-40/photo.jpg","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Harinder Baweja","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Harinder-Baweja-479258405.cms"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Times Of India","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.toiimg.com/photo/msid-92877370/92877370.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/resizemode-4,width-1280,height-720,msid-118503522/118503522.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},"isAccessibleForFree":false,"isPartOf":{"@type":["CreativeWork","Product"],"name":"Times of india","productID":"timesofindia.com:showcase"},"hasPart":{"@type":"WebPageElement","isAccessibleForFree":false,"cssSelector":".paywall"}}