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How India’s lockdown sparked a debate over maids

At the weekend, India extended the nationwide coronavirus lockdown by another fortnight, but said that domestic helpers can now return to work. The decision has had millions of middle-class homes debating a key question – to let the workers in or not?

A friend once said that if she had to choose between her husband and her maid, she would pick the latter.

The comment was made as a joke, but it’s an example of how much Indians depend on their domestic helpers.

According to official estimates, more than four million people are employed as domestic helpers, while unofficial ones put that number at a whopping 50 million.

But with the lockdown extended twice already, and the idea sinking in that this is going to be a long haul, middle-class India has begun to miss the maids.

Source: bbc.com

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