India, Feb. 5 -- A Bengaluru-based chartered accountant has sparked discussion around hustle culture after sharing how months of 14-hour workdays led to a physical and mental breakdown. In a post on LinkedIn, Meenal Goel, who has previously worked with global consulting firms KPMG and Deloitte, described the moment her body "gave up" after 6 straight months of intense work.

"I worked 14-hour days for 6 months straight, and last week my body just gave up! Tuesday morning. 6 AM. The alarm rang. I couldn't get out of bed. Not because I was lazy. But because my body literally refused to move," Goel wrote.

She said that for half a year, she followed a punishing schedule: waking at 6 am, working until 11 pm, treating weekends like regular wor...