No Maid in India movement – #maidscomeback #majormissing #unpaidwork #newnormal
(Jun 11, 2020)
Lockdown dates kept varying, with steady growth in electricity & phone bills. What was consistent, were the conversations about the domestic help irrespective of the gender of the person on the other side of the phone. All of us had a common question, ‘Do you have House-help?’, ‘When is your maid joining back?’, ‘Who is doing what chores in the family?’ No wonder, Indian society is dependent on cooks like Ramu kaka & dishwashing machine Saku bai. To add on a few statistics, 15/26 calls on my birthday last month, I discussed which member of the family had temporarily changed their occupations to washing dishes, ironing clothes & dusting the house. Lockdown birthday…….
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