India, Nov. 14 -- It is no secret that India has one of the largest diabetic populations in the world. Every year, on November 14, which is World Diabetes Day, there are discussions on diabetes everywhere.

However, what is rarely (if ever) discussed is that for an employee with diabetes, it involves a second, invisible job - managing other people's perceptions. If someone has diabetes and needs to check their blood glucose prior to every meal, they would most often do it behind a locked door. Or may need to skip a meal and experience sweating, confusion and tremors - the classical signs of low blood sugar or hypoglycemia and yet continue working in order to not seem less committed.

This year, we must confront what happens between diagno...