Yet another Women's Day passed by for 34-year-old Minu (name changed), a branch manager of a large public-sector bank in Mumbai. She had put in her papers last month and her office had released her recently.
She had offered to pay to have the three-month notice period reduced.
The day she was released, she could go home early. But there was no early dinner. Her husband, also a banker, came home after 10 pm. Most of the days, they would compete on coming home late.
From this week, the scene could be different for them and Jia, their fouryear-old daughter, with Minu joining a bank that offers flexible working hours.
She gave me these pages of her 2023 diary while she was celebrating Women's Day last week with her friends.
There are footnotes to explain certain terms as I didn't want to rewrite her story.
Sunday: Ooh la la! I could sleep till 8.30 am. In the past four weeks, I had to go to the office even on Sundays because of the impending annual internal audit of the branch. As the branch head, my job is to ensure compliance with all critical parameters before the audit. But transfer/resignation of a few has led to the pending work.
Today was my "me time". I had booked a slot for self-grooming. I would go shopping with Jia, who thinks I am "the world's worst mummy". I would be with her all day.
As I was preparing breakfast, there was a call from my regional head. Our new executive director, on a visit to our zonal office on Monday, wished to meet some customers. I was instructed to shortlist some "happy" customers who could give good feedback to the ED.
What did I do? Junked the plan of visiting the beauty parlour. Also, couldn't go to the mall with Jia to buy her a bicycle. I hit the laptop and started scrolling down the list of customers.
There was a follow-up call from the regional head on taking the ED to the customers. I was not prepared for that.
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