India’s IT sector has been one of our biggest white-collar employers. For nearly three decades now, it has been the gateway to prosperity for the upwardly mobile middle class in this country. Not anymore. Today, that door to affluence is being shut, right on their faces. Watch the second episode of 'Caught in the Middle' by senior business journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty as he breaks down the sharp drop in real income for freshers in IT firms and what that means for a young person today.

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