A simple Instagram Reel posted on December 7, 2025, by Bengaluru-born tech professional Arjun Reddy has snowballed into a cross-border conversation, contrasting the grueling grind of Indian workplaces with Singapore’s structured serenity. In the 45-second clip, viewed over 2.5 million times, Reddy—now a software engineer at a Singapore fintech firm—laments: “In India, asking for leave feels like begging