Click to play videoTwo recent murders in Delhi have brought to light the tense relationship crisis between employers and employees.
A family of three was murdered in Gurgaon by their 17-year-old servant Lallan and a woman was murdered in a residential colony of Delhi, again by her servant Rakhi.
So what’s the reason behind this brewing crisis? On CNN-IBN show India 360, Sagarika Ghose discussed the issue threadbare with Baby Haldar, a domestic servant in Delhi who has written a book titled A Life Less Ordinary.
The book chronicles Baby’s experiences as a domestic help and the horrors she had to endure at the hands of her employers and is now a bestseller in India and outside.
Baby pointed out reasons for the increasing crime rates among domestic helps. “They are treated very badly, are not allowed to meet even their parents. They are not even served food properly. They look for opportunities to point errors and beat them up. It’s natural to get angry in this case. Secondly, there’s always and insecurity that they will go or be taken elsewhere. Servants will not run away if treated well,” she said.
Baby also said servants were not kept as “humans”. “Employers can been a little compassionate, they should think of their own kids as well. They should think on the lines of getting the helps educated,” she said.
Haldar said she was subjected to similar cruelties. “When I started working, they would not let me meet my kids. They used to stay with my brother and my employer would let me meet them.”
She also said that the “money culture” in Delhi was one of the reasons behind the increasing crime rates.
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