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Spectator by Seema Goswami: Swept under the carpet

Jun 28, 2024 06:07 PM IST

Why do Indians, at home and abroad, treat household staff so terribly? We want the best deals from our employers, how about passing it on to our help too?

The papers have recently been full of reports about a prominent Indian-origin family settled abroad, whose treatment of their household staff has led them to being handed prison sentences. Their crimes include grossly underpaying their staff, making them work all hours, confiscating their passports, and so on.

In Downton Abbey, the household staff were treated fairly well.
In Downton Abbey, the household staff were treated fairly well.
12 Years A Slave shows how little regard plantation owners had for the lives of their slaves.
12 Years A Slave shows how little regard plantation owners had for the lives of their slaves.
InThe Help (2011), Skeeter Phelan (right) tries to advocate for better conditions for her family’s staff.
InThe Help (2011), Skeeter Phelan (right) tries to advocate for better conditions for her family’s staff.
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