Diversity has always been a key element of any creative society. And some of the world's biggest corporations like IBM, Apple, HP and Google know this only too well
About a few weeks ago, when I told an old school friend that we were considering a story on gays like him at the workplace, to put on the cover of our magazine, he was quick to dissuade me. “I’d urge you not to do that. This is a topic that is still taboo at a majority of workplaces,” he said. He was absolutely right. Even today, most folks like him prefer not to come out of the closet for the fear of ridicule and even worse, discrimination.
(This story appears in the 01 July, 2011 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)