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INTRODUCTION The world is changing at a rapid pace. Modernity has brought along a number of luxuries and opportunities. Almost all facets of human life have been tremendously altered by the advent of modernity. While this has given us unprecedented opportunities for growth and convenience, it has also uncovered a good number of fresh challenges to humans as a race. The agency of an individual is constrained by a number of social forces, making every choice difficult and consequential. There has been a marked break-down in social networks and personal bondages from the earlier periods. Workplaces of the modern age have also been changed in a complete manner. Mechanisation of industries has given way to automation and computerisation in almost all areas of human vocation. The increasing demands of the changing world have put an unprecedented amount of strain on the cognitive faculties of the modern man. This has obviously led to an increasing prevalence of mental health issues (Herrman et al., 2005) The changes that affected the global scenario, especially on the way jobs have been designed, performed, and monitored have had an impact on India too. The traditional structure of permanent jobs has given way to more temporary and less-secure jobs. This,