The Great Cubicle Escape by Vandita Dubey asks what happens when people refuse the herd-mentality idea that success equals money—and choose meaning over a salary.
About The Great Cubicle Escape
Society expects conformity. We work long hours, commute, deal with air pollution and live stressed, unhealthy lifestyles, performing hollow tasks on repeat even as our souls shrivel. Thirty individuals questioned this version of success. A finance professional now makes mud homes; an HR professional lives through art and photography; an Oxford and IIT educated couple live in a village and homeschool their children; an ex-Citibanker makes cheese.
Vandita Dubey interviewed these and other contrarians: what triggered radical change, whether it was planned or impulse, the risks and trade-offs, their new work and life, happiness and regrets. In The Great Cubicle Escape, she draws on these interviews, her own journey of moving to a Himalayan village, and her training as a psychologist.
Published under the India Penguin imprint of Penguin Random House India, this 240-page paperback (ISBN 9789377307233) is scheduled for November 2026 with an India MRP of ₹599. If something gnaws at you despite the front you put up, this book might offer answers.
