Prabhu Dayal

Devyani Khobragade: US is selectively applying its labour laws

hobragade may or may not have broken the law but the question is why was she singled out for such treatment? The United States is full of illegal, quasi legal and legal immigrants who cannot, for an n number of reasons, find jobs.

Devyani Khobragade's consular rights don't include a cut rate nanny

While the treatment meted out to Devyani Khobragade by police in New York is being perceived as a major insult to India, there's a larger question. Why are our diplomats routinely accused of trying to skirt labour laws when they bring in domestic help?

Charges against Prabhu Dayal 'ill founded': Lawyer

Why blame the US for the Bhardwaj-Dayal fight?

Is this another case of blame Amreeka? Santosh Bhardwaj would never have thought this up if she’d been back in India. She’d know her place there. It’s America’s liberal ways that must have put these lawsuit ideas in her head.

Charges against Dayal a law enforcement matter: US

Dear Indians: please stop treating your help like family

While India has signed a bill last week to protect domestic workers, the case involving the Indian Consul General in New York facing an abuse lawsuit from his maid asks some very uncomfortable questions.

Maid to order? The thin line is blurring too fast

A top Indian diplomat in the US facing charges of ill-treatment to his maid is not alone. He may be in a denial mode. But the unseemly row throws up a bigger question: Are maids working abroad getting their due?