Page 30 - Seniorstoday November 2021 Issue

Nostalgia

Work-Life in South

Mumbai

I might be terribly biased but I do miss the magic of South Mumbai as a
Central Business District for Mumbai, writes Prabhakar Mundkur

The average full-time employee will spend Before the centre of gravity of the city
about 1/3 of their life working. That is moved to the suburbs, the central business
over 90,000 hours. So it makes sense district of Mumbai was still very much
that most employees are looking for a in South Mumbai covering the areas of
work-life balance to be happy with their Churchgate, Nariman Point, Colaba and
jobs although remuneration will play a Flora Fountain. My first job in November of
large role. The location of the workplace is 1977 was on Walton Road, Colaba opposite
increasingly becoming important to people Cusrow Baug and the BEST offices. And it
because of the time and effort involved was one of the most enjoyable times I had.
in urban travel, increasing traffic both in
public and private transport and increasing
populations. Long commutes are the bane
of modern business life. The number of
hours spent traveling to and fro from
work to home is a large determinant of
how happy employees are, because it eats
into the employees’ free time. What else
you could do beyond work in your office
location is another important factor in
improving the quality of your work-life. Cafe Mondegar had an amazing collection of rock music

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