Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A 45-times pay gap between a tennis champion and a first-round loser isn’t just a sporting curiosity, it’s the pay structure Saurabh Mukherjea says is coming for Indian professionals as gig work replaces salaried jobs.

Founder of Marcellus Investment Managers and author of Breakpoint: The Crisis of the Middle Class & The Future of Work, Mukherjea tells Bidisha Bhattacharya, Consulting Editor (Economy), why India’s white-collar workforce needs to start planning for feast-and-famine years, not a steady monthly paycheque.
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