"Son, settle down now. It is important to first get comfortable in life."

If you thought it was difficult making a shift out of the corporate sector into the NGO world in the UK or the US (or indeed anywhere else in the so-called 'developed' world), spare a thought for those doing the same in less developed economies.

Dhruv Lakra, 26, of Mumbai, tells of the challenges he's faced doing exactly this in an Indian economy where corporate salaries are booming, where being a doctor or engineer is still considered to be the most prestigious career, and where working for the poor is generally thought of as something you do either as work experience or late in life once you've made your pile.