Author(s): Ruskin Bond
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 126
Publisher: Rupa & Co
Language: English
Date Published: 2017-11-20
Dimensions: 127 x 203.2 x 7.62mm
Publication City/Country: New Delhi, India
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In the not so distant past, everyone's place- whether maid, ayah or cook, sahib or memsahib- was well understood. There were clear rules for negotiating (and maintaining) the vast chasm between the two sides. Today, it's a little different. There are housekeepers who are part of the middle class who ensure their children join white-collar India. There are teenage girls brought to the city by 'aunts' and 'uncles' to serve as '24-hour' help, who find themselves virtually, and sometimes literally, caged. There are employers who wrestle with the guilt of spending more on an Italian meal in a fancy hotel than on those who clean their homes- and other employers who insist 'these people' are all thieves.