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Thursday, July 31, 2025
TopicDomestic Workers

Topic: Domestic Workers

First chips & condoms, now domestic workers in 10 mins. Apps pull strings, consumers rule

Apps like Insta Help, Broomees, Snabbit, and Pronto promise instant domestic workers to clean, wash, mop, cook. They’re sanitising domestic work — uniformed, transactional, no bonds.

CEOs want us to work weekends without overtime. Don’t we ask the same of our cooks, cleaners?

Written contracts? Fixed working hours? Clear job descriptions? Rest and recovery? These basic rights suddenly become radical suggestions when applied to our homes.

Pakistan’s Human Rights Group organises event for domestic workers in Faisalabad on Women’s Day

The event, titled 'Inspire Inclusion', was aimed at addressing the issues faced by domestic workers, particularly housemaids, in Pakistan.

Domestic workers are turning hostile in court after alleging torture in Delhi NCR homes

Gurugram saw two harrowing cases of minor girls tortured by employers within a year. The outrage has faded and so has their quest for ‘justice’.

Gurugram widow & sons ‘starved, sexually assaulted 13-yr-old domestic worker, let dog loose on her’

Accused Shashi Sharma, 55, and her sons aged 25 and 30 have been booked under POCSO and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, apart from IPC sections.

‘Stripped her naked, poured acid on hands’ — Gurgaon woman, sons booked for torturing minor house help

In her complaint to Gurugram police, the girl's mother alleged that the employers also beat the minor with an iron rod or hammer & that she was given food only once in 48 hours.

Rs 2.5 lakh ‘settlement’, but nightmares persist — how ‘tortured’ Assam worker ‘moved on’

After alleging she was beaten and confined in a Haryana IPS officer’s house last year, Assam domestic worker accepted a 'settlement' to ‘move on’, her parents claim.

‘Choked, burnt with tongs’: Horrific story of 14-yr-old help rescued from Gurugram couple’s home

The couple who allegedly assaulted her were arrested under sections of IPC and POCSO. NGO says trafficking of minors, especially from Jharkhand, is common in the NCR region.

Siliguri domestic help ‘beaten’ by Delhi employers, could ‘hardly walk’, had injuries everywhere

The 48-year-old woman from was allegedly beaten, her hair chopped off. by her employers in Delhi's Rajouri Gardens. She was admitted to Safdarjung hospital Tuesday.

Cinema wronged domestic workers — Hum Aapke Hain Koun to Kal Ho Naa Ho. The script’s changing

Suresh Triveni’s Jalsa, Zoya Akhtar’s Lust Stories and Rohena Gera’s Sir have brought new interpretations of the domestic workers into Indian cinema.

On Camera

Modi’s ‘Make in India’—a case study in what happens when strategy is replaced by storytelling

From day one, Make in India was driven by optics than economics. There were global summits, slick visuals, and media blitzes. But the real machinery never showed up.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.