Importance of Women’s work
Mahendra (to his wife): Sunita, did you pack my lunch and you haven’t given breakfast to papa yet…
Sunita (from Kitchen): Everything is ready, why don’t you come and take it?
Mahendra (to his daughter): Guddi, go and get it from kitchen.
Guddi: Papa, I have exams why don’t you tell Raju to do it..
Grandfather: Mahendra, you go and get it from kitchen…it will be of help to Sunita.
Mahendra: What? Now men will do women work in this house?
Grandfather: Women do a lot of work for which they are not paid but that does not mean that it does not have any value. I guess we don’t really recognise their work and effort nor do we value their work.
Mahendra in his office
Mahendra (to his colleague): Rakesh, why were you on leave for last two days?
Rakesh: My wife has gone to her parents’ house and there was no one at home to cook or clean the house.
Rakesh: So true…I used to reach the office without any worry. Cooked food, washed clothes – everything is ready; so much they do and one says that their wife does only household work.
Colleague joins the conversation
Aisha: During my college days I read a report of a survey conducted by the government, which mentioned that nine out of ten women are always engaged in some kind of work…