Newslaundry Podcast

The fault-lines between domestic workers and their employers in luxury apartments in gated communities was waiting to happen. From rate cards in Mumbai posh apartments to separate lifts in Gurgaon high rises, the stories have been distressing and the narratives stark. While the Devyani Khobragade-Sangeeta Richards issue barely got any reportage from the domestic worker i.e. Richards' side, the latest incident in Mahagun Moderne Society in Noida Sector 78 has brought back the festering tension. From 4.2 million domestic workers (as per 61st NSSO-National Sample Survey in 2004-5) to 20 million domestic workers as per Amod Kanth (Govt of India's Domestic Workers' Sector Skills Council) recently, the numbers are staggering, whichever way you look at it!In this recording of our Facebook Live, Biraj Swain (international development writer and consulting editor Newslaundry) discusses with Sonal Sharma ( Research Scholar at Johns Hopkins University and son of a domestic worker),  Dr Indu Prakash Singh (of ActionAid a