Domestic Help

Lessons from COVID-19 lockdown: Employers must ensure social security for domestic workers through digital payments, pensions

The COVID-19 lockdown provides the best trigger as well as opportunity for the workers to switch to online transactions with employers.

Domestic help, minor son held for killing elderly couple in South Delhi home; duo robbed victims of Rs 9 lakh cash, gold jewellery

A police team had reached the couple's house at Mount Kailash where they found the flat locked from inside

After abuse from employers, rescued Jharkhand women now face abandonment from govt and discrimination from villagers

Girls are being rescued every day and sent back to Jharkhand, but none of them are properly rehabilitated

Centre's draft policy for domestic workers lacks teeth, fails to chart employee-employer relationship

At this point, it is imperative to look at domestic workers as a sector that cuts through several issues like caste and class divides and discrimination.

Delhi Police arrests doctor for illegally confining teenage domestic help, brutally assaulting her

A teenage domestic help, who was allegedly brutally assaulted by her employer, was rescued by the Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) from northwest Delhi's Model Town

Delhi Police arrest domestic help for attacking employer for refusing to give Rs 5 lakh

23-year-old maid was arrested after she allegedly attacked her employer for Rs 5 lakh for her mother's treatment in south Delhi's Greater Kailash

Maid in India: The brutal way we treat our domestic help shows we still see them as subhuman

What happened between the madams and the maids at the Mahagun Moderne society in Noida? Versions of the event, as varied as they are puzzling, present many pictures.

Brutal treatment of domestic help in Noida reflects how housing societies distill class, caste prejudice

Urban housing societies distill every class and caste prejudice and they are turning even more unapologetic about it. This aligns perfectly well with our current national sentiment.

Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes ban: Here's a quick guide on how to help the people around

The war against the parallel economy in India has taken a new turn with the momentous decision of the Indian government of banning Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes. While the path-breaking move of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not the panacea for all evils (nothing can be!), it definitely seems to be one of the most decisive beginnings ever made.

Closing the gap: Jannatul Mawa highlights class differences in Dhaka in a new photo series

Bangladesh-based photographer Jannatul Mawa subtly highlights class differences between homeowners and their domestic helpers in a new series called 'Close Distance'