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Fintech employee Tiara D'Souza (left) consciously carves out personal time, while human resource leader Alexander Peter decided to slow down and live healthier.
PHOTOS: TIARA DSOUZA, ALEXANDER PETER
Bengaluru - To most people around the world, 2020 was the year of Covid-19. But Ms Tiara D’Souza in Bengaluru, India, remembers it more vividly as the year that pushed her to the edge.
When the pandemic began, the then 24-year-old was two years into her first job as a finance team lead at a major Indian fintech start-up, working 12-hour days.


