"Aiyo. I should have said something la." Somewhere between the person who knew and the person who could act, truth got stuck. That gap is culture — and it has a bill.
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If only I said something
The day Roshan stayed quiet in a meeting — and what that silence cost. An introduction to the Silence Tax.
An earlier version of this piece was first published on LinkedIn.
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