In a country obsessed with productivity and hustle culture, tech parks are often sold as temples of progress. But what happens when the sanctity of these spaces is shattered—not by missed deadlines, but by crimes against dignity?

Bengaluru, India's Silicon Valley, was recently rocked by a disturbing incident inside the plush campus of Infosys, a company that’s long been hailed as the beacon of India’s IT boom. A senior techie was caught spying on female colleagues in the women’s washroom, having allegedly recorded over 50 voyeuristic videos for his personal gratification. And just like that, the illusion of a “safe, progressive workspace” collapsed with a single police report.

The Shiny Glass Buildings Hide Cracks Within

The Infosys scandal is not an isolated case, it’s a mirror reflecting the glaring gaps in corporate India’s moral fabric. The perpetrator wasn’t an outsider. He wasn’t some unauthorized intruder. He was an insider. He sat through orientation sessions, cleared performance reviews, wore an ID badge that opened doors most of us would envy. Yet behind the keyboard was a man systematically violating women’s privacy inside the very institution that claims to be future-ready.

What makes this even more unsettling is the setting: a washroom. A place of privacy, stripped of it in a campus that boasts facial recognition, biometric scanning, and top-tier cyber security. Turns out, it wasn’t hackers that women needed to fear, but the man in the next cubicle.

Narayana Murthy’s “Don’t Stare at Your Wife” Remark Didn’t Age Well

Just months ago, Infosys founder Narayana Murthy courted controversy by urging India’s youth to work 70–90 hour weeks, and snidely suggested men should stop "staring at their wives" and focus on building the nation instead. The internet had a field day, calling it regressive, elitist, and out of touch.

But irony just got a new address.

Because while Murthy dreamt of a tireless workforce powering India’s economy, the company’s own employees were busy violating the most basic principles of workplace decency. Maybe the problem isn’t how many hours people work but what kind of character slips through the cracks in the race to scale.

Let’s be honest: this isn’t about work ethic. It’s about entitlement, and how it festers when unchecked. When “performance” is all that’s measured, behavior is rarely managed.

Corporate Silence ≠ Corporate Responsibility

To its credit, Infosys acted swiftly and terminated the employee. But does that mean the system works? Or that it failed repeatedly until it couldn’t hide anymore?

Let’s ask some uncomfortable questions:

  • Are female employees routinely given privacy and security in common spaces?

  • Is there a robust POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment) culture that women can trust?

  • Does HR take action only when a case becomes public?

In a post-#MeToo world, companies have excel sheets full of training records. But what they lack is soul-searching. Real protection isn’t in policy documents. It’s in practice. In culture. In everyday vigilance.

Building a Nation? Start With Building Safer Workplaces.

India’s corporate giants love to speak of innovation, disruption, and leadership. But how can a nation be built when the very offices that claim to be engines of growth become breeding grounds for trauma?

We don’t need more hustle sermons. We need safer bathrooms. Respect in break rooms. Accountability behind conference room doors. Before we talk of GDP and global rankings, let's fix the rot at home.

Because if the workplace doesn’t protect its women, no amount of coding, KPIs, or caffeine-fueled all-nighters can make it “world-class.”