Why did The System let Puran Kumar down
For every Puran Kumar whose story reaches the public, countless others remain unheard — clerks, constables, teachers, soldiers — quietly bearing indignity until it breaks them.
Updated At : 07:11 AM Oct 14, 2025 IST
Labyrinth : Behind the cold reports of ‘suicides’ or ‘sudden deaths’ in the media lies a deeper narrative. File
EVERY morning, as the world wakes to the hum of engines, office chatter and routine busyness, somewhere a human soul succumbs to silence. It may be in a government office, a corporate tower or a modest public department. The tragic end of an ordinary employee's life rarely makes headlines unless the victim happens to be "somebody important". Behind the cold reports of ‘suicides’ or ‘sudden deaths’ in the media lies a deeper narrative — the failure of systems to meet the most basic of human needs: empathy, dignity and humane engagement at the workplace.
