Custom "MAID"

Prabhnoor Narwan Ghumman 

Assistant Professor 

Chandigarh University
Mohali

Day 1

Guddi- Beta main kal nai aungi.

Noor- ok didi no problem!!

Day 2 

Guddi- beta main ap bartan vali rakh lo

Noor- hanji didi theek hai

Day 3 

Guddi- ap roz mere se do teen sabzi banwate ho

Day 4
Guddi on leave
Day 5
Guddi- Didi main nai aungi kal se...


 Hello !!!!!!!!!

Of course, "maid" makes the hottest topic these days and especially after marriage(yes, you heard me right, I got married...ahem!!) Well, right after marriage, more than honeymoon, these days we look for our "custom maid"(read honey). We want them to work for our convenience but, hey wait, now we work for their convenience. We mold ourselves for them to "suit" their schedule.

Sometimes, I feel they are better than the ones who are educated and have "safe" jobs for survival. They can always take an off without cutting off their pay and we the "working women" are at their mercy. I am surprised and would love to know who all are crying fpr  unemployment???!!! After colliding with such maids I feel unemployment is a myth. They simply say NO to what we feel "good opportunities". They are surving well and had been practicing their freedom of choosing "professionally" and that too at their disposal.

Well, on a tragically funny note I feel we need to have a pragmatic approach towards their tantrums. If we want to eat, wash and stay managed, we really need to customise our love for this queen maid. Please choose your maids wisely and then wait for them to make you feel "otherwise-ly"( you can laugh) . They carry high end phones and low end humanity. It's shocking to know they are even lacking basic sense of humanity and work like robots of corporate world. Quantity is key for them and of course, aalu matar can't be ignored, if her mood permits.
Come what may we all look forward to our custom "maid" full of customs and rituals of our Indianness.
Long live Custom "maid"

Guddi it's ok.

Love
Noor