May, 2021 A look at the abysmal conditions faced by menstruating women in the Indian informal sector, with a focus on the garment industry 5 minutes read Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM), as defined in 2012 by a Joint Monitoring Program of the WHO [...]
March, 2021 An attempt to lift the veil off the female manual scavengers who are non-existent on paper 4 minutes read Although, ideally, ethically and constitutionally, one should not have to - picture a manual scavenger… I bet most of the [...]
January, 2021 A brief run-through of the history of manual scavenging to show the inseparability of caste and manual scavenging 4 minutes read Uncles who scoff about reservations, and aunties who give water to the waste and sanitation worker in a [...]
November, 2020 In conversation with Rohena Gera and Tillotama Shome about what it means to cast a domestic worker in the film, “Is love enough? SIR” as a lead in a class-driven society such as ours. We speak about the complex issues of class, privilege, norms, dreams, [...]
November, 2020 Exploring the various intersections to one’s identity and the barriers experienced by women in the waste and sanitation industry 5 minutes read Without the Waste and Sanitation Industry, our cities and states cannot function with the same efficiency that [...]
November, 2020 Dignity and domestic work - sounds like an oxymoron? Read to find out why the dignity of a domestic worker should matter 3 minutes read I belong to a well to do family. I shifted from my village to [...]
November, 2020 The latest tech-based initiatives in the domestic work industry attempting to make lives easier for employers and employees alike 3 minutes read Poonam is a homemaker residing in Mumbai. Her housemaid had to return to her hometown abruptly due [...]
November, 2020 When was the last time the "man of the house" dealt with the maid? This piece will make you question everything 4 minutes read So this is how this phone works, my father explained to my mother over the [...]
July, 2020 An objective analysis of the representation of domestic workers in the private sector 7 minutes read There is a stark contrast between how domestic workers are perceived in the popular media vis-a vis the actual reality of their lives. [...]
July, 2020 A glimpse of a day in the life of a female construction worker, through her own eyes 4 minutes read The throbbing ache in her limbs is what hits her first as she wakes up. Shilpa, a young mother [...]