The day he was found dead, Mr. Awasthi had been expected to attend a meeting with his new boss. Mr. Awasthi bought a car — a sought-after symbol of arrival in the Indian middle class — and proudly carried a snapshot of it, garlanded with flowers. That made Mr. Gupta “uncomfortable,” Mr. Ray said. Mr. Awasthi thrived, though. Mr. Tiwari described it as “inhuman and unnatural” pressure to sell.

Source: New York Times August 11, 2016 07:30 UTC