India, June 8 -- Staying busy all day long is fast becoming the norm for regular people across the country. With CEOs and corporate bosses harping on the importance of productivity and calling for increased work hours, the condition can take a turn for the worse.

This is wreaking havoc on the health of every human being, yet there are many who glorify hustle culture and turn it into a status symbol. Speaking with HT Lifestyle, Dr Anant Kulkarni, medical director at Harley of London, India, called out the phenomenon, stating, "Busy is the new smoking."

"Just as tobacco's dangers were ignored for decades, we are overlooking how chronic overwork silently corrodes health," Dr Kulkarni explained. He went on to list the ways in which the "alw...