Mumbai: When Keshav Gundal, 43, a casual loader with national carrier Air India, solemnized his marriage on Saturday, with family members and relatives in attendance, he had conflicting emotions. Friends said he was naturally thrilled that his bachelor days were over. However, he still felt remorse about the lost years of his youth as a daily wager with the country’s national carrier.
Gundal is one of about three dozen daily-wage casual loaders with Air India who have waited a very long time in the hope that they would be appointed full-time employees. Most of them even put off getting married and starting a family for, which is an oddity for men in their social circle.
Many of them are in their 40s, and tired of waiting endlessly for that elusive career climb, some have got married only in the past couple of years.
19/05/13 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
