Scene 4: The Adults are Called In The next part of the mission was uncomfortable: field work. They went to places where “values” were usually discussed as punishment—not as living practice. Schools. They sat with principals who complained about “this generation.” Shukla Master asked: “When was the last time your teachers ate lunch with students without checking phones? When was the last time you taught collaboration without ranking children publicly?” He didn’t blame students. He audited systems. Coaching institutes. Dr. Farah addressed a hall of anxious teenagers and their parents. She didn’t say “study less.” She said: “If your ambition costs you your grandmother, the price is too high.” Then she turned to parents: “Stop treating your child as your redemption project.” Some looked offended. Many looked relieved. Societies and RWAs. Meera led small “Eulogy at Breakfast” circles. Not therapy. Just practice. She made aunties and uncles write appreciation cards for living people and read them out loud. Grown men cried reading one line to their wives: “I never told you I noticed.” MNC HR heads. Kabir attacked the idol: “work-life balance.” He called it a lie: “There is no balance. There is only priority. And your policies reveal what you worship.” He proposed: • No meetings after 6 PM • Mandatory “home day” once a month for caregiving • “Collaboration scoring” as a promotion factor • Managers measured on retention and human outcomes, not just targets An HR head asked: “Won’t we lose competitiveness?” Kabir replied: “Maybe. But you will gain humans.”