India, May 3 -- Two Indian-origin techies have praised the UK for its work-life balance, saying that India comes up short in comparison. Kartik Modi and Harendra Sharma shared an Instagram video showing how they left their office in the UK before 5 pm and reached a beautiful beach just 10 minutes away from their workplace. Such a scenario would be unimaginable in India, they claimed.

Both Modi and Sharma are based in Wales, where they work at Amazon in the IT space. Both of them have previously worked in India, and are therefore qualified to comment on the differences between the two countries.

"So you people ask me why I have left India and come work so far away," Modi said in his Instagram video shared one day ago. "Well, right now it...