India, Dec. 4 -- Zepto CEO Aadit Palicha joined the growing debate on work-life balance, seeming to suggest that he has "nothing against" the concept. However, a section of the internet believes his post is a subtle response to a viral Reddit post accusing Zepto of promoting a "toxic work culture".

"I have nothing against work-life balance. In fact, I recommend it to all our competitors," he wrote on Wednesday morning. He quickly followed up with another post: "FYI, not my quote - read it from an interview of Daksh Gupta."

Palicha, 22, was indeed quoting Daksh Gupta, an Indian-origin CEO in San Francisco, who is under fire for advocating 84-hour workweeks at his AI startup, who posted the same words on X last month.

Palicha's post rece...