India, April 17 -- The recent events at TCS and Infosys, the Indian IT giants, indicate major pain points that relate to business, economics, society, politics, and culture. The sexual harassment cases, against both women and men, and allegations related to conversions, go beyond gender and religion. A combination of recent trends, and societal changes are responsible for the deep disruptions at the workplaces of firms that were once considered the best employers, and whose organisational ethos was rigorously and religiously copied by the others. Today, society seems to confront these businesses, and question them.

More importantly, the cases surfaced in Maharashtra, which is considered among the most investor- and business-friendly stat...