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INTRODUCTION With the increasing number of dual earning couples in India, integrating work and non-work domains of life is no longer a choice but a compulsion. Dual earning for many families has become economic necessity today. Moreover, growing numbers of single parents, fathers involved in parenting and career ambitious couples has led to focus more on balancing different life domains. Over 40 years ago, Kanter (1977) spoke about the myth of separate worlds and focused on the fact that work and home are two inevitably overlapping domains. Extensive research on work life conflict has paved the way to consensus among researchers regarding human desire for balancing various life domains. With this perspective, integrating life domains has become more crucial in the present scenario than generations in the past. The shift towards integrating life domains is particularly important for individuals who tend to meet work and non-work roles simultaneously. Young people today emphasize on role juggling to achieve balance between work and non-work. This has led to explore several dynamics of individual differences related to employee health and functioning. Unlike organizations in the past, today almost all workplace encourages integrating work and non-work domains with the help of several facilities like working from home through tele-communication, video-conferences, flexible working hours and child-care services. Also, technological advances have made it possible for employees to work from any part of the world. Although these steps have made the work-related functioning easier, it has also invaded into the personal space of non-work life. There exists no specific,

SHAD-DARSANAS Orthodox systems of Indian philosophy are presented in six systems (shaddarsanas) of which we find the Sarnkhya and Yoga systems. The orthodox Indian philosophical systems were developed as a result of knowledge filtered down after long philosophical enquiries by sages through the Vedic, Brahmanic, Upanisadic, and Puranic periods of Indian history. Ancient sages of India, out of their spiritual realizations and contemplative visions, developed these systems. The word 'darsana' means direct perception, contemplative vision, or spiritual revelation. It also indicates knowledge or insight. When used in the philosophical sense, 'darsana' means knowledge about taltva, the real essence, or the ultimate principle underlying the whole phenomenal creation. And the sage who is the seer or perceiver of the reality, the essential principle (tattva) is known as one to whom the truth has been revealed as tattva-darsin. Darsanas, as philosophical systems constitute the store of knowledge about the tattva derived by a seer or sage through direct spiritual revelation or vision. The six systems of Indian philosophical thought have been founded by different sages who perceived the same truth but from different angles and to varying depths, None,

INTRODUCTION Swami Vivekananda was one of the important figures of modern age, especially during the pre-independence period of India (1863-1902). He was not only a Darshanikai , but also was a religious leader and practioner. He propagated novel interpretations of religion and culture within the fold of India and abroad. He proved the importance of religion and Indian culture to the world at large and gave new meaning to religious, cultural and philosophical thoughts that emerged within India. Most importantly he tried to establish a novel link between thoughts and practices, tradition and modernity, science and religion as well between eastern and western civilization. Philosophers of the west like Leo Tolstoy, William Jamesii, and Will Durant etc. were impressed by his thoughts and praised him for the work in the then prevalent Indian scenario. Indian historians like A.L. Basham, D.D. Kosambi, and R.C. Mujumdariii etc too have acknowledged his contributions in giving new perspective to religion and to promote Indian traditions and culture abroad. Like Raja Rammohun Roy and Dayanand Saraswathi Vivekananda tried to establish a theoretical platform for creating socio-cultural and religious movement.iv His thoughts have not only played an important role in awakening Indian masses to see their own glorious past but also provided inspiration to many freedom-fighters. He through the critique of Hindu religion and culture provided creative and critical insights to replace the old,