“They fired me because I refused to clean toilet pot” | Brut Documentary

A day spent with the housemaids of Noida revealed these startling truths about India’s urban rich.
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[@kalpanaruhela]

I once read a book called "looking away" by Harsh Mander and that was the first time I realised how desensitised the urban population has become to the everyday struggles of the poor. It is glad to see such issues being talked about.

[@eggbenedict-gt7mw]

But why can she do the toilet pot 🤣🤣🤣🤣, ask her what housekeeping means

[@web3wizard381]

@@eggbenedict-gt7mw yeah shes delusional

[@SodiumSyndicate]

Why are you so disgusting & evil that you cannot see the struggles of the poor Kalpana Ruhela?

[@aek12]

I have seen it happening with my own eyes. People abuse the people who don't have money.

[@raw_dah]

​@@aek12 what horrible things happened in your childhood? Why can you tell us so we ask you what your behaviour means

[@arkabiswas5846]

My mom had to fire the Didi who worked in my house. She is young in age and in this profession to make friends or be a part of an union. She had a formula of taking maximum assignments from various houses, but owing to her malnutrition she couldn't work regularly in all of the houses. The absence rate in my house reached about half a month. My mom just couldn't manage anymore. It frustrates me how useless I was in this whole situation. Didi's husband was an alcoholic, she had two children of school going age. I can only pray for Didi and hope one day I become capable of helping in these situations

[@alexsmart2612]

> She is young in age and in this profession to make friends or be a part of an union You say that as if that is a bad thing.

[@quahogfamily8971]

still being absent half a month was too much I do feel bad for her but ur mom wasnt wrong Also she got lesser load after ur mom fired her so good in a way Hope she's doing well now

[@kaustubhraizada]

My mum feeds atleast breakfast and sometimes pack lunches for housmaids so that they don't remain mal nutrition, + some times just gift blood enhancing supplement costing around 300 , sometimes gives eggs in evening although we are vegetarian so that maid remains healthy, It's just extra 300 to 500 expense that to every random month

[@beingrocky283]

You can feed your maid some food and medicine and please and ask your mother to do the same for some days.And tell the maid not to compromise her health.Cause health is very very important.

[@amittiwari7630]

My mother starts feeling bad if doesn't serves them with Tea 😂. I often laugh at this (in a healthy way offcourse). She also gives then to eat whatever is there in the breakfast. She goes to the extent of making a breakfast for them 😂 out of her sensitive nature. My wife joins her too at times and iam told that Iam insensitive if I laugh at them both.

[@Cashman94]

Wow. This is absolutely opposite of what I face. Since 1.5 years, we switched 3 maids because they don’t want to work. We never ask extra work, even gave her Diwali gifts, new year bonus, new utensils, and dress materials but still it brings them death to work. Didn’t even cut her salary because that extra 500 isn’t gonna allow me to buy a Mercedes. But I guess, Treating with respect is also a curse for me.

[@this34_]

The other way round is also there,but definitely in minor ..I have also faced an issue with help,want money but no work.

[@amardipbanerjee7982]

I absolutely agree. Although it is true that some homes are very disrespectful towards these women, most of them aren't. It's always easy to play the poor and weak game giving them a sweet spot to get attention. For example, let's talk about the maid at our house. She charges 6000 for cooking. Now we kept someone for cooking because we do not get the time to do it, right? We keep everything ready for her. We have even kept a separate maid for household purposes, so she doesn't even have to wash a single plate. But she likes to be absent 5 to 6 days a month without any notice. This puts a lot of pressure on us those days because we keep expecting her and at the end, we do not get to have breakfast before going to office because she comes at around 8. After 8:15 we start getting ready and leave the house at 9. It is physically not possible to cook and go to office within 45 minutes. So, after seeing this for 4 to 5 months, we decided we will give payment on daily basis, that is 200 a day. This aroused her and she came with a dozen of other women to quarrel with her. This is the condition. According to them, they get sick once a week. But about us, we have money we cannot get sick. 7 days max sick leave in office in a year for us, for them it's 72.

[@shivani001001]

I agree We can't find a maid who cleans well We already have someone who take care of food and other things around But who ever comes to clean Only cleans good for one week Then everything is downhill If we try to ask why They will go back

[@Killhungervlogs]

I've never seen anyone cutting maids salary because of leave Rather they have their own मनमानी

[@deepayanbiswas4488]

true but no one will make a documentary on that lmao

[@virtualatall]

In my previous home, we had multiple maid but most would not work properly or keep being absent frequently.. Finally we got one nice maid, who was eager to learn new cuisines. She learned a lot from my mom and sometimes even ready to work extra without question. During covid lockdown we keep giving her salary even she used deny taking it. Before leaving that place we gifted her old 30inch lcd tv instead of selling it online on olx. Till this date she calls my mom to ask how things are going on.

[@varunemani]

Your family has values and wisdom (How normal god fearing humans must be).. wish most of the devils in elite society were ready to change!

[@sudhirchandra9790]

Lol you giving a second hand TV calling gift,so much of self validation

[@moonghosh9225]

I don't think you understand. I don't think we can ever understand. To go house to house and work as a help, in our society where only certain jobs hold value...there's always going to be a power imbalance. My mom is a private tutor. Goes house to house to teach kids. There is no respect in jobs like these. They can't treat my mom like they would their maid, but well she is positioned only a few rungs above in the ladder. I don't know what it is but your words sounded so privileged. You have no idea how humiliating it is, to give people a power over you for the sake of earning money.

[@sudhirchandra9790]

@@moonghosh9225 I or anyone in my family haven't been through this but I can imagine its very hurting,one has to totally suppress a part of its self respect to give those services Respect for any work is least that society could give,it doesn't take a lot but the class divide hasn't gone it has just been replaced by polished and decent terms,and some discounts to make the person at upper hierarchy feel self satisfied about itself

[@moonghosh9225]

@@sudhirchandra9790 exactly. Right on point.

[@aurora_marie]

Whats the deal with not riding on the same lift as the "madams"... if that is not untouchability...then what is?? Some people take themselves too seriously and really need to take a chill pill. If they can eat the food these maids prepare and stay in houses cleaned by them and wear clothes washed by their hands then whyyy?? We are at the end of the day all humans after all... a little empathy never hurt anybody. Not saying all maids are sincere with their work but discrimination and maintaining discipline are totally different things..

[@booksquotes948]

Will u marry a maid/watchman ? Stop virtue signalling

[@shrabani1000]

​Do you marry every person you are nice and respectful to? Cannot be many then!

[@samratbarman756]

This is how neo-castism looks, money/job based casteism in place of birth based caste system. I wouldn't eat in such houses where cook and sweeper are the same person, I don't think they let their maids bath in their bathroom after cleaning their toilets but prepare their food after cleaning their toilets🤮

[@aryanhassan4659]

Hinduismmm in a nutshellll.....the ignorantt religionn

[@notofyourneed5728]

And the same people forgets that there dishes are washed by the same people but in here they to lazy to do themselves they mostly ignore that they favor of untouchability

[@PS-kj9jk]

I'm so happy to see these type of content that actually matters. I just wish every news platform to have a full time reporter covering poverty and other social issues. All paises to Brut Team for making this video.

[@06musicfan]

This is a very one-sided portrayal. There are large numbers of good and compassionate employers too, who haven't been covered. This film was made only in Lotus Panache Sector 110, Noida, very conveniently, not even covering a few other sectors or societies of Noida. The title and content is therefore totally misleading.

[@PS-kj9jk]

@@06musicfan Watch that video again... They've repeated several times in the video itself that "Everyone is not like that" but your privileged inconsiderate ass can't hear the realities faced by the people on the other side and you felt offended. You are just showcasing how inattentive and inconsiderate you are.

[@user-zf9wn8xs7h]

90% maid log chori krte hai ghar mein vo to dikhaya he nhi 8 9 maid jitni colony mein aati hai sab cctv se pakdi gyi hai😂🤣

[@stormssf8538]

I especially dont like the mental stress but also dont like low earning jobs .

[@stormssf8538]

​@@user-zf9wn8xs7h also good at spreading rumours from house to house about personal life , taking different sides and agreeing what you state on the rumour .

[@AbdulMannan-yq7xy]

as a bachelor living in delhi away from home, my maid is somewhat like my mother, she makes my home a home, cooks food, even brings vegetables, washes clothes, etc, in today’s life of work where u don’t even get time to take a proper sleep, maids are the only saviour and gives us the confidence that yes we can survive in this lifestyle with an ease.

[@RashminderKaurindia]

I am glad my family always took exceptional care of our maids. One of them died a few years back, she used to share all her troubles with me. We used to make sure she had breakfast and tea at our place before starting the work. I used to cook Paratha for her and eat with her on the same table. We treated her like a fellow human being, no abusive words, no overload of work and we would lend her money regularly. I used to give her dresses and fabrics that were good and any other household item that could help her. We even took her to doctor when needed and only if she went on a long leave we would deduct some pay. Any extra work she was paid extra and often she and I would do house cleaning together. Lot of other employers exploited or abused her verbally...and just because one family treated her with respect and care, she felt good about herself. She used to share lot of things about life from her perspective. She died because she was done with poverty and often said that she must die and be free...and she died of unknown medical condition. I pray for her that her next life is much better and full of joy and dignity. The least we can do is to be humane to another person and not have discrimination and too much expectations....this class of people have nothing in life except bare basic survival...atleast a sense of respect and care helps them live in peace despite poverty.

[@sayleeabhyankar271]

the same thing happens in my household people need to understand fundamentally that househelps are humans just like us

[@prairiehorse6168]

You should've have deducted money if she was soo poor that she wanted to die.

[@RashminderKaurindia]

@@prairiehorse6168 that would have been like whip lashes to her. We deducted only when it was a long break like going to a pilgrimage. Mostly we let her take few leaves every month, if she was sick n couldn't work we didn't deduct as she would need that for medicines. Just because she felt hopeless in life doesn't give me the right to exploit her!!

[@barkhaagarwalla]

Kudos to you and your family

[@stormssf8538]

I especially dont like the mental stress but also dont like low earning jobs .

[@BeverlyTalley]

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[@bjoe631]

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[@BeverlyTalley]

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[@bjoe631]

@@BeverlyTalley You allow people to trade for you? that's interesting, I would love to learn, hope it’s safe?

[@zombie15ish]

@thirtyonesolid Well this not my first time of seeing this name on social platform. A CNBC news host spoke highly of this man and his trading strategies. Do you know him ? if yes , did you invest with him?

[@BeverlyTalley]

@@bjoe631 It's 100% safe and legal, He’s an expert trader on stocks and bitcoin. I basically do nothing but collect profits, he was able to get me in early on most of these stocks and I exited just at the right time, his analysis was really on point..

[@xicoma-simranraychaudhuri7097]

Let me share something from my own experience. I'm a seventeen year old girl living in an elite society in a developed city of India. I have school early in the morning. Both my parents work, and often return at 10pm. In this condition, we absolutely need to have a housemaid. Well, we've had maids for 2 hours, 12 hours and presently 24 hours. Maids are much appreciated and well-treated in our households. Just beside our house, our neighbour does not allow the maid to use the house washroom, instead makes her go to a common washroom for maids. We never do that, we have a bed for our maid, and don't let them sleep on the floor. We behave extremely well with them, and my parents often give them incentives when they need to go to home. We get them new clothes on occassions, instead of money. Hell, my parents bought one maid a new phone when her old one didnt work anymore. However, the twist. We never have maids stick with us. Why? Most maids (24 hours) stay for a month, go to their homes for the 2 day leave, and never return. Then repeat at another house. Repeat again. We sleep late at night, and hence we asked our maid to sleep in the afternoon for 2-3 hours. They speak on the phone then, and complain that- why do you guys sleep so late? Fact is, despite us treating them like family, talking, laughing and watching TV with them, they take it for granted. Its a work culture in almost the 30 maids we've observed. My point is- Just like not all employers are the same, not all maids are the same.

[@Anu4343]

If salary is good nobody leaves.

[@harshdhanak2415]

exactly i use to see maids getting treated badly and scolded in my hood use to think why just can't people be nice lmao then i hired one myself and realised why people behave with certain people the way they do i ended up firing her a week leter

[@sandpnyk]

agreed

[@nickikaur]

That’s so true. We have a maid that lives separate behind our house. She has all the facilities that she needs and she still betrayed us. We aren’t mostly at home only for a couple of weeks in a year. She had the keys to our house and she literally slept there without our permission. She gets paid. In fact my parents pay her electricity bill and don’t take much rent. We get them gifts from Germany and etc. still they do this. Quite tragic

[@amrita3000]

Having maids use a separate bathroom is wrong? Our maids use our bathrooms. but if I had the option, I would want them to use a separate one.

[@mishasart1800]

Only 2k/month. Here in Bangalore our maid charges 10k/month plus eats breakfast too.

[@jyoti4507]

True tribute to Labour Day....All respect to the hardworkers

[@varunemani]

Respect?? LOL! What respect is there for Maids here.. Non of the women in the video including the interviewer was ready to suggest any solutions to the discriminatory practices. Atleast the gentleman at 6:13 was clearly giving some sound wisdom and solutions to care better for the Maids visibly struggling poor lives.

[@msriram9884]

It should go both ways, people should treat domestic help with courtesy and respect and give them extra care as needed. In our family, we always provide food ,medicines umbrellas even phone plans. However, they should also inform when they need to take leave, and understand that, in most jobs that one cannot just take huge amounts of vacation leave and still expect to be paid. It creates a lot of hardship, especially if the domestic help is helping elderly people.

[@varunemani]

Very one sided selfish (Queen & Raj.. we build railway for India) perspective boss.. Non of the women in the video including the interviewer was ready to suggest any solutions to the open discriminatory practices. Atleast the gentleman at 6:13 was clearly giving some sound wisdom and solutions to care better for the Maids visibly struggling poor lives. Educated elites today prefer to sell their souls like their old colonial masters... 😆😆 These ungodly cruel people will pray to god everyday 'BHAGVAN MERRA KHAYAL REKHO.. MERRE PARRIVAR KA KHAYAL REKHO!' Jokers.. God must be laughing !

[@ssi44]

there are stories of unorganised union and blackmail as well. it is better to register these people to avoid exploitation from both sides. they must look at their work as job and follow certain rules. it must be more balanced when you report a story. in cities like mumbai we come across lot of stories about exploitation of desperate people.

[@stormssf8538]

@@ssi44 like doing a startup 🤔

[@amrita3000]

@@varunemani i am definitely laughing at u whether god is laughing or not. Hiring a person is not charity, why bring charity into maid hiring process? If they dont like the pay, who is forcing them to work?

[@allanbinoy1058]

7:51 This is why a mother is the most powerful person in the world. She will go to any extend to see that her family, especially her kids have the best life in their world. Kudos to all maids who are mother for letting their children to dream.

[@AnjaliSingh-0304]

I completely support domestic helpers but sometimes I do get mad at them as well a domestic helper when dosent do their job properly and even after correcting her 2-3 times she wont listen , she takes leaves very often and expect salary not to be deducted? my mom works a corporate job and she can take only 12 days leave in a year if my moms salary can be deducted so can theirs ,theres nothing wrong in that . coming late as well is not acceptable ,people should be efficient and effective for customer satisfaction yes treat them with respect but dont go too easy or they will take advantage of your kindness once the maid asked for advanced salary and ran away , she blocked my mom's number as well. this is just v disheartening that when u try to be nice and they act like this

[@meraki4862]

Back when I had one didi who was younger to me, she used to live with her family in a nearby slum area. One time she was harassed by the slum goons, without any second thought she came to our place and lived with us for a couple of days till her family was back to take her. I was in college back then, this was the max I could do for her.

[@Sanatansister5623]

I am surprised at the one sided version of this story. Maids surely are very important and many of us get so dependent on them and it's our responsibility to show them the empathy they deserve. But, do these maids understand that empathy and reciprocate?? I have had numerous maids for 20 years before COVID and most of them had such horrible attitude, some used to steal anything from gold to Grocery items, some used to show attitude when you ask them to come a little early for festival cleaning, some demanded expensive festival gifts like cell phones, most of them go to their villages for things like Mundan, marriages of distant relatives etc for 10-15 days and expect not to deduct a penny from the salary. Some of them come for work when ever they please, one lady agreed to come at my place at 10 am, while I was negotiating and She started showing up only after 12 noon after I employed her, later I got to know She was already busy for 10 am somewhere else. I am glad, I do not have a maid and I really thank my dishwasher and washing machine for that

[@meghanath5045]

You should have lived other European countries or USA having much expensive maids . Indians want their employees to do more work with less pay not giving them sufficient holidays even she has to do her work.

[@dr.vinayatentwal536]

Agreed... Hume to maid hi achhe se suna deti hai agar ek bartan galti se extra nikal gaya

[@meenaz8]

​@@dr.vinayatentwal536Same mere sath bhi hua h

[@VirD2023]

Brut is generally not neutral while reporting..r they asking what all, topics were discussed/agreed upon by these Maids before joining? Yes, its true that ppl do mis utilize and misbehave with them, but in modern societies even the opposites happen. I live in a society and by now i feel buying a dishwasher and getting a robot is a bttr option than hiring a maid, as high absenteeism, lack of professionalism, and many more things count on.. and then the stories keep rotating in the society..

[@renukapatankar2185]

​@@VirD2023 cannot agree more 🎉😅

[@akankshaaggarwal5880]

There are maids who don't do work professionally and will say bad words if you ask them to do their work properly which they are being paid for. this one maid we had to make lunch used to pack 8 chapatis daily for herself to take home - even though we paid her full salary. Another maid would always come 2-3 hours late. Our current maid eats lunch everyday at our home, drinks tea, and is given gifts/cash on all major festivals. So, not all maids are bad, not all home owners are bad.

[@adiroxlife]

No offence to people empathising with maids but many kind and empathetic home owners are equally cheated and mentally tortured by these maids. Many take advantage . Both side stories should be shown .

[@ajinkyapc]

thank you Brut India for bringing us stories! Please keep up the good work. Mirror has to be shown to the society that leaves in their own bubble.

[@varunemani]

Bubble indeed and a stubborn one to break.. Non of the women in the video including the interviewer was ready to suggest any solutions to the discriminatory practices. Atleast the gentleman at 6:13 was clearly giving some sound wisdom and solutions to care better for the Maids visibly struggling poor lives. Educated elites today prefer to sell their souls like their old colonial masters... 😆😆 These ungodly cruel people will pray to god everyday 'BHAGVAN MERRA KHAYAL REKHO.. MERRE PARRIVAR KA KHAYAL REKHO!' Jokers.. God must be laughing !

[@fwefhwe4232]

its an atrocity literature, which will be used to justify any military action against India 10 years from now. Any Indian achievements (high rises, wealthy ppl) are demonized since they cannot be hidden anymore.

[@shiveeyadav9087]

Thank you Brut for covering this topic , I hope we all will come over this bias one day to treat everyone equally and respectably

[@nehazara8991]

Wonderful work! Thanks for making this and making us aware again to what it is to be a human .

[@shaikhaafaque]

Great to see people empathize and value them! In fact they are also humans just like us. Everyone should be treated equally. They are really hard workers

[@mohitanand1844]

You are a good man

[@gigachad3874]

But all maids are not the oppressed.....some are very rude and demand more money for less work....believe it or not ....and u cant even complaint to them about their work 🤔.... my personal experince and my friends ' too

[@quahogfamily8971]

Qran doesnt agree U guys literally bHead non mslims and take over their lands, prorperties and have eyes on their women

[@varunemani]

All though non of the women in the video including the interviewer was ready to suggest any solutions to the discriminatory practices. Atleast the gentleman at 6:13 was clearly giving some sound wisdom and solutions to care better for the Maids visibly struggling poor lives. Educated elites today prefer to sell their souls like their old colonial masters... 😆😆 These ungodly cruel people will pray to god everyday 'BHAGVAN MERRA KHAYAL REKHO.. MERRE PARRIVAR KA KHAYAL REKHO!' Jokers.. God must be laughing !

[@HomoSapien8]

@@gigachad3874 Sach kaha.

[@Killhungervlogs]

I've never seen anyone cutting maids salary because of leave Rather they have their own मनमानी

[@auxiliasequeira8648]

All maids are different & All employers are different....having said that ... certain things need to be in place...like paid leaves, sick leaves...but being on time is expected because of the domino effect on the employers schedule

[@Youcandoitsure]

I'm grateful that my parents never taught me to disrespect them. My mother always fed our maid and provided paid leaves...as a daughter, I attempt to follow in her footsteps.I believe i am almost like my mother because my maid occasionally cooked their native cuisine for me:)

[@qasqwas]

or start doing your own work instead of supporting continued suppression

[@rahulpoojari9266]

​@@qasqwassuppression is when she doesn't pay them instead she is giving them employment opportunity.

[@kool2022]

In my city at my house maids take lot of undue advantage...we have to keep up with their schedule rather than they do with ours...there are always two sides to same coin....brut you have explored just one side of the coin

[@rioxavier7214]

I agree and it's true, but I guess even if a maid takes advantage, they do so out of a state of poverty.

[@shrutiibhardawaj]

Amazing documentary I really appreciate this work. My house help was crying i asked her what happened she told me how her husband beats her. So I accompanied her to her house to scold her husband I was literally shocked by seeing the place she was living in and her room condition. I cried when I came back and was thankful to god how privileged I am now I make sure that she is fine not only I offer her food but clothes too even I take care of her 2 year old daughter too. We should be humble towards these souls. They are doing their jobs instead of saying Kaamwali just respect their jobs.

[@shreeyammohanty5591]

It's high time now.... it's so important to give them all the respect they deserve

[@missimperfectlyperfect22]

I am not being an unsympathetic but some maids can be really oversmart too. Back home, we really have a good maid, working at my place for good 12 years now. We come in North and now maids here have unnecessary demands like providing a mobile phone + salary in advanced whenever demanded under various situations. I completely understand POV here or I would give a mobile too but first they should work for good amount if time atleast. In this video, we can see all they are pointing is "jiske paas paisa hai uska hi value, hamara koi nahi" Some of us are really working hard and made their life. So the way they are saying they suffer, we also do suffer if the maid is not good or trustworthy. So to raise an issue, Brut has a good segment here but then every coin has two sides always.

[@thevoid786]

Finally brut putting things that actually need to be acknowledged

[@ranjanadebnath7084]

I always treat my househelp as queen. She comes at her own sweet time. Takes leave whenever she wants without any deduction of salary. Always gift her timely . Everyday ask her for food/water. Never ask her to do any extra work. Still I gift her on women's day, dussehra, Diwali & new year with saree, handbags, jwellery items etc. If asked once to come early she starts showing tantrum & argues. Their health issues , their holidays are always on priorities. What about these kind of maids! Can't keep on changing as one or the other have same or different kind of issue associated with them. Home-makers have to deal with them. So kindly do make an episode on such situations as well..... Sometimes

[@yeshwin.k7486]

You are awesome

[@Sharma10910]

Good suggestion, I am sure people will empathise more with real life stories of mental atrocities that some househelps can create for the elderly and the young children left in their care; all this despite paying them a good salary and the comforts of the employer's home.

[@cadworld5783]

In my school… I remember we used call didi to school maid, many got beaten by directors if they misbehave or say something to them, this needs to be implemented/ taught in all school and house to respect everyone irrespective of their work

[@diptis1704]

Other side of the story(Noida) In my society i had a help and she was about to get married hence i paid her extra for her marriage. Now due to aomw reason my current house help had to take leave for 5 days and our house of sr citizen with a baby need someone to help, i accidentally came across my older house help since her marriage got delayed and ask her help she denied upfront. I feel for them who are being used but i know they are not saints as well. I have multiple stories of multiple occasion.

[@yourmumisyum]

amazing work brut, and hats off to the crew

[@shrabani1000]

Good of you to address one of the most under organized labour sectors in our country. There are no leave rules, no specific scale of pay, no benefits, no rights, no particular job profile which specifies what chores and what not should be performed by them. I lived in an elite housing in Asansol, WB for a couple of years. Had everyday fights with residents about the ways they treated the domestic workers. It just boiled my blood when some of these employers from hell virtue signalled about humanity and what not in open forums. We are a bunch of hypocrites. No surprise that the residents of the same housing bribed security personnel to poison puppies, were disrespectful to tenants, oblivious of minority rights and encroached in private spaces. It's a pattern of lack of awareness, social oblivion and intolerance.

[@SodiumSyndicate]

What's wrong with getting rid of stray puppies?

[@Happyguy786]

Thank you brut for bringing this story out.

[@levelupwithshubham]

Recently I hired a maid just for morning sweeping and mopping as my mother has pain in leg, I was so happy to see my mummy offering breakfast and chai every morning for that 15 mins of service and going extra mile everytime to help her in every manner, It's basic human behaviour be forget many times and should be aware the next person is also human and going through struggles as well. Proud of my mom ❤

[@athenababy]

Dear Brut India I really wanna thank you guys for covering this topic! These domestic helps are ANGELS!! ISTG if my maid didi does not come for a few days I go crazy and really appreciate them. Amazing documentation.

[@My_naa258_]

Good work ❤❤....lot of applause for bringing this untold story f many.

[@shomarodrigues6828]

I hate the new concept of separate lifts for residents and the helps, ridiculous.

[@laxmishiii9733]

Whenever I see these people I am sympathetic to them God knows in what circumstances they are compelled to do such chores. One should respect them for their dignity as without begging they are feeding their families.

[@rainbowdays5169]

From last 30 years same ainty works in our house...she is very very honest person....onve she returned gold jewelry also (under the bed she found)...We love and respect her....this video is ground breaking and eye opener...specially to newly rich urban residents..who do not value other lives

[@npbajaj]

Great film. Salute to the makers and salute to the maids too.

[@naksu17]

great work brut, amazing

[@AnjaliSingh-0304]

my mom always gives both our helpers breakfast and water everyday as they come at 6 am and work for 2 hours in our house My mom also tries giving them bonuses ,clothes and other stuff as well I'm happy that my mom has taught me a good example .

[@djnarain246]

Brilliant film.. Touching a very very sensitive subject witu empathy and understanding of issues of those who make our lives run ...

[@amth3400]

Thank you for bringing this issue in public

[@padmajam6527]

Iam also Lucky 20years passed olny two housemaids, first housemaid name roshini kakra business shru kiya roshanini unka jaisa dusra housemaid muje milkediya uska name vedika muje jindagi me maa papa, behen naihe hai my family ke liyebest friends diyabhagawanne TQ apki video 💯

[@naomiphukon5663]

If I had a honest helper like this Didi in my house I would have treated her like a family. Since childhood i had a bad impression towards helpers (we don't address them as servants or maids). Whomever we knew and a helper who was working in our house were mostly rude and would steal stuffs from our house, would ask for new clothes and shoes whenever mum bought for me so my mum had to buy for our helper too though she was not earning much. After marriage I saw different helpers in my in-laws' hometown and each one would like to work less ask for more money and on top of that steal grossery, money, new clothes, bags etc and later we noticed that my mother in law end up doing more work during cooking and the helper just enjoy talking to her. Still my in-laws never confronted her or scolded her cause it is difficult to get helpers in that area. Now I don't let any helper in my house. However, we had a cook for some months and even though we use to request him alot to have breakfast or tea, he would refuse. I even sent cloths for his kids when he went to his hometown during a festival. So if you know someone ask them to go to kerela (Mannar area) it's really hard to get helpers there and people from Kerala pay a lot with food and gifts during functions and festivals.

[@flyhigh321]

True...its just one sided story..very immature content

[@varunprasanna4184]

Back when I was a kid, I remember a maid used to come to work at my house. She was a very kind woman and my mom used to treat her very well. She also happened be from Andra Pradesh. In 2015, when Bahubali 1 was just released, one day I offered her to watch the movie on my computer, when she had completed her day's work early. Idk why I did that, but being a movieholic myself I felt pity for her not having to watch a film like Bahubali, esp being from Andra. Just felt like sharing this incident.

[@devamsonigra2649]

I wish even I had as much helpful and down-to-earth maids, as shown in this video.

[@007123abhishek]

Really nice video...this part of life must be shown..gr8 effort 👌👌

[@varunemani]

Notice how Non of the women in the video including the interviewer was ready to suggest any solutions to the discriminatory practices. Atleast the gentleman at 6:13 was clearly giving some sound wisdom and solutions to care better for the Maids visibly struggling poor lives. Educated elites today prefer to sell their souls like their old colonial masters... 😆😆 These ungodly cruel people will pray to god everyday 'BHAGVAN MERRA KHAYAL REKHO.. MERRE PARRIVAR KA KHAYAL REKHO!' Jokers.. God must be laughing !

[@swati6552]

I am glad that i came from a home that taught me to respect and give love to them like our own. Glad also that I am from Mumbai and to an extent they are treated better in this city. They too need respect and love.

[@soumyaroy3521]

Excellent Story. Their voices needed to be heard. Very Good Brut India. 👍❤️🙏

[@silentstormstudio4782]

0:15 Some people do take money to do that and sometimes you need to ask for food .

[@thereflectivestudio2761]

Thank you Brut for bringing this story out here!!! It helps change our perspectives

[@varunemani]

Perspective?? LOL!! Who has perspective here.. Non of the women in the video including the interviewer was ready to suggest any solutions to the open discriminatory practices. Atleast the gentleman at 6:13 was clearly giving some sound wisdom and solutions to care better for the Maids visibly struggling poor lives. Educated elites today prefer to sell their souls like their old colonial masters... 😆😆 These ungodly cruel people will pray to god everyday 'BHAGVAN MERRA KHAYAL REKHO.. MERRE PARRIVAR KA KHAYAL REKHO!' Jokers.. God must be laughing !

[@Sanskriti1412]

an eye opening video .... appreciatable your content ❤

[@codingiscreativity]

In Pune, maids doesn't behave victim, we have to change our timing based on their availability. We can't even tell them its not clean properly, their fast reply is then find someone else. This behaviour only for those who actually does the works well compare to other maids. They know their work is good but if I am being noce to them , I also expect a nice behaviour from them. I fired a maid just because her rude words, she was nice at work but she thought she is irreplaceable. So I guess it has to apply in both side be nice to each other.

[@user-ur7rw3zg6k]

We had a helper who worked atleast for 6 years. She took as many leaves per month yet we never deducted her salary. Once we decided we didn't want a helper and she came with jer gang to harrass us. We ignored and she continued her work. During covid, we paid her three months she didn't work, later when we said we can't continue she abused us and left.

[@N_ei_L]

Thankfully my family treats everyone with respect. Our house helpers often bring their own children home too my mom also would ask if they'd like tea or coffee and be nice and genial around them. They are such hardworkers and mostly mothers who deserve utmost respect.

[@anshumansingh941]

I never get a chance to fire them 😂 they always leave and I have to keep calling them and asking to come back. We keep on requesting and pleading they never return and also take ample leaves. We handle them well and also give food sometimes. In my society they have a kind of union and they prefer homes with fewer members they are not willing to work for a family of four. Instead they prefer where couple is there with no children.

[@dawnchamling5710]

the maid talking about the owner feeding leg piece to their dog but not bothering to offer a glass of water to her is vey relevant

[@truestar2602]

Treat everyone equally and with respect... No one is below anyone...

[@sumitpoonia5938]

This is so wonderful that topics from the roots are being discussed now. Other than major problems pertaining to the world today, people have forgot to treat people like people. Thank you BRUT INDIA.

[@varunemani]

Notice how Non of the women in the video including the interviewer was ready to suggest any solutions to the discriminatory practices. Atleast the gentleman at 6:13 was clearly giving some sound wisdom and solutions to care better for the Maids visibly struggling poor lives. Educated elites today prefer to sell their souls like their old colonial masters... 😆😆 These ungodly cruel people will pray to god everyday 'BHAGVAN MERRA KHAYAL REKHO.. MERRE PARRIVAR KA KHAYAL REKHO!' Jokers.. God must be laughing !

[@Kapt_Klaw]

"People are considered valuable only if they have money. A person with no money has no value." Universally the most bitter truth!

[@shrabani1000]

I see comments which mention irregularity of the househelp, occasional dishonesty etc. Just imagine how these issues often stem from not having organized rules, pay and benefits. They might be solved once those are in place.

[@pribiswas9757]

Let me share about domestic help in urban cities of India. We have had maids from my childhood. They have limitless demands. They(not all) take leaves as per their wish and would demand full payment. They will backtalk concocted stories about the employers in the neighborhood. They will play the victim card whenever they get chance and can shout and scream on top of their voices as per their choice. And again they would steal too if they get chance. So, u need to be very careful with ur money n jewelry. Now, if you hire a maid for yourself, you will feel the pain that we urban women face on daily basis. Eg- If theres a guest or for any reason extra dishes r there to clean, she wudnt do them!! You wud have to ask them to sweep properly, or else ur house wud be semi clean. And trust me, they have, if not awesome, a good life too through their earnings. Our maids go on tours, vacations, pujas, go out, etc just like us, just on their budget. As I said, they wont be happy, unless u marry them and donate ur property n everything!! Oh, we can never dare to ask them to clean the toilets, we do it by ourselves. I hope i included all the points. At the end, many women get fed up and ask them to leave, its at that moment they get sober and start working properly and the cycle goes on..

[@poonamjalui6895]

Hats off to the reporters to highlight the issues faced by helpers i wish other news channels also should focus on such important topics rather just showing paparazzi and politics.

[@hi-tk4hu]

I may be wrong but there should be regulation like minimum pay, leaves and other things, govt should do something about this

[@mohitanand1844]

Nobody cares .

[@sachinrawat2647]

You are absolutly right, atleast there should be some law so that they can't be exploited.

[@alexsmart2612]

Savarnas will lose their minds. The entire religion and culture of this country is centred around keeping under-privileged people desperate and devoid of resources so you can keep exploiting them as cheap labour. That is the sad reality.

[@hi-tk4hu]

@@sachinrawat2647 yes its good for both

[@mmmm...098]

I also think the same

[@serahemy7]

Here, in Kerala, they earn 500-700 rupees per day.

[@harshith4484]

I literally had tears by the end of the video 😢

[@keshabkaflay9075]

Voice for the voiceless-Excellent information, hope people see this and mend their behaviours towards these very important working class.

[@dr.avinashjhariya8309]

Being a mother she is working hard for their children ❤

[@shilpagurnani332]

Thank you... I resonate with this. We should respect every lady who is stepping out of home to work be it maid at home or be it any women working in office. Equally respected

[@thejaswitharajesh]

Great work❤ Come up with such contends

[@sumikh1763]

I feel for them. While living here in Canada and also a working woman. I can understand that how hard is it to work for someone else and than came back home to do chores. May Allah make it easy for everyone one Ameen

[@kanak6522]

Exactly not all househelps are the same, some take extreme undue advantage of the kindness and incentives offered to them.. it is like when u give them a finger to hold, they grab your whole hand

[@shwetha44]

In my case Its opposite to whatever you have shown. I have suffered 5 years with my maid, finally terminated her. She troubled me so much while I was working, she was never on time, i would miss my bus, or my husband would get late to office and to deliver our kid's food to daycare. she was just lazy to getup early and come for work, without notice she would take leave frequently and we had to wash all the dried up vessels after back from work and when i was pregnant, my husband and I both got hospitalised during due to major health problems and she had troubled my MIL also by not turning up for many days, coming late, not ready to do the designated work. We have never deducted her salary, given clothes, utensils, food, money, yearly increments and what not. Once during my pregnancy I fell on her feet to come on time as my MIL was getting irritated by her behavior. The term "Maid" is equal to nightmare for me now. 3 years after her termination she came home to invite for her wedding at the age of 35. Her mother was trying for her marriage since 10 years and it was not happening. I used to feel very bad and even cried whenever she used to talk about grooms coming and rejecting her, I would always sympathise and pray God for her. When she came to invite, she fell on my feet and apologized. She said, I troubled you so much during your pregnancy and made you cry thats y all these years I couldn't get married. I was surprised to know she was regretting, I asked her not to cry and said I don't have any such hard feelings or never cursed her. Also gave her a good amount of money to buy a silk saree. But I don't want to keep a maid ever again.

[@shwetha44]

When she joined back work after lockdown she was not ready wear mask and neither washed hands properly. One day I told her to wash properly she screamed at me. Our neighbors started complaining that she isn't wearing mask. That is when we decided to terminate her. She was young without any responsibility of her home. She and her mother lived together and mother also earned, had own house, father had died, elder sister married and settled long back. She was just lazy to getup early and come for work on time, she would take leave for same reason. She herself had confessed it with other maids. Every one in our locality terminated her one by one. I was the last one to do after bearing the torture for 5 years. She didn't had empathy towards me while I had it towards her, I always wished her good and even she knew it. Don't portray maids as heroes and masters as villians. There are always another side of the coin. Poorly researched documentary.

[@Adityasingh-xe6tw]

Great work from brut ❤

[@gauridixit4558]

We have a housemaid at home and we are extremely happy to have her she is like a second mother to me and my brother

[@rickysukhi]

I think everyone who works hard and does not trouble anybody else is worthy of respect.

[@rajasimuley367]

This is journalism at it's best.

[@comebackguy3530]

Underrated documentary. This is a topic which is not discussed at all I'm glad you guys discussed it.

[@grimo3685]

Milan di i hope your dream of seeing your son achieve greater things in life comes true. wish you the best Milan di

[@curiousLeafy]

My mother works as a house maid. There are two other girls also who lives and work there full time. My mother tells me often how they treat those helpers even if the food goes bad staying in the fridge they won't care. They'll let it waste but never offer to the helpers. My mother works 7 days a week not even a single leave only when if she is ill. And sometimes they don't even care they'll just ask her shamelessly to come and work.

[@aryanhassan4659]

I know....more power to you bro/ sis..❤

[@medhamonga4571]

How old are you? If you're capable of writing good English, you must be educated enough to work and support your mother

[@nabaninandi4140]

Tell your mom to find a new place to work....our house help takes leaves without even informing...we never fired her...because she is also a human

[@curiousLeafy]

@@nabaninandi4140 It's not easy to find a work in current situation. If she leaves her work now i don't think we'll be able to survive. I Hoping to get a job in few months then she won't have to work.

[@akshatmisra767]

nicely made Brut India kudos

[@soul1199]

We shifted 2times as a family now. The first maid of our family stayed for 10years with us till we moved from that place and she was the one who cried the most when we left that place🙂❤️ and now the place where we stay , here also we have a maid (i call her PISI)and she is with us for last 14years(as long we moved here). I am so thankful for my ma and baba who never treated anyone so bad. They also taught me that. And my family belongs from a middle class family. We don't stay in any posh apartment..but we never tell them to walk stairs. They use the same lift as we. I hope they are always respected by everybody. Equality must be exercised in reality . 🙂

[@fourhappybirds]

Maine 16 year me kabhi bhi…MAID ko Toilet pot aur inners dhone ko nahi kaha..me starting me hi mana kar deti hu ye do kaam mt karna…mujhe paap lagega 😊 bhagwaan sb dekhta h

[@debranabchaudhuri6948]

Such a great video.. respect for all maids 🥹

[@Rajvansh2022]

By hearing their words one thing which is clear that maximum people with money and privileges are the one having so little love and respect for others in their heart … i feel blessed that all my didis who worked in my house are so close to me and loves me

[@kabirsiddiqui7954]

More power to didi. I hope her children make her proud and happy.

[@atulgaikwad2112]

In my world I address her as tai(sister) and am her elder bro..she takes care of her daughters, her son and their kids and her drunks ass husband..I have never met someone so strong and true to her work and extremely amazing person.. what she has done for me and my wife is immense..am indebited to her for my entire life and no money will compromise our relation..Family matters..

[@noshinsayara7163]

somber yet hopeful video, wishing all the best for milan didi

[@happyd6145]

These maids give special service to men for 100-200 rs extra when wives are not at home specially in Bangalore and Pune.

[@naziamunir4220]

Wow they are so positive and resilient!

[@radhikamalpani6453]

Seeing this video I remember the days of lockdown where each any every house of India was just waiting and was making reels to welcome their housemaids days passes by and here comes the reailty

[@sanskritiseth6047]

AN EYE OPENER THANK YOU!!

[@destinykid13]

Thanks for making a document for doemstic helps . Great work . God Bless....

[@shriniwasdeshpande1008]

Why is cleaning of toilet considered as a demeaning job. All work should be equally respected.