Why not blame it on the little guy, asking for a leave for family funeral? In India, businesses have terrible fundamentals. Most IT companies rely on clients from the West. Most Unicorn startups, cannot seem to sustain growth or are plain duds. Manufacturing sucks ass. Government is corrupt af. Research is unimaginative. That's just the richest 10%. Poorest 90% survive on very little like 50 usd a month little.