India’s Domestic Workers And Class Wars, And Other Scroll.in Stories You May Have Missed This Week

Not Set/ India’s domestic workers and class wars, and other Scroll.in stories you may have missed this week

Let us rewind the past week. In Noida, a riot-like situation over a domestic worker puts the focus on India’s bitter class chasm It was “Malda again”, some said on social media, referring to the communal violence in 2016. Others demanded Bangladeshis be thrown out of India. At the centre of this exaggerated panic was […]

62996 lmijlouznc 1499916902 India’s domestic workers and wars, and other Scroll.in stories you may have missed this week

Let us rewind the past week.

In Noida, a riot-like situation over a domestic worker puts the focus on India’s bitter class chasm

It was “Malda again”, some said on social media, referring to the communal violence in 2016. Others demanded Bangladeshis be thrown out of India. At the centre of this exaggerated panic was a dispute between a family and their maid, the latest manifestation of the hostility between privileged Indians and their domestic workers. Read more here.

Also read: Branded as Bangladeshis: In Noida, anger turns to fear for domestic workers after police raid

As rail station in Modi’s hometown gets a makeover, a resident asks: ‘How many jobs will it create?’

Vadnagar station, where Narendra Modi once sold chai, is in the midst of a Rs 8-crore upgrade. But in a town where jobs are hard to come by and young men travel to nearby Mehsana for work, a resident asked, “But how many jobs will that create?” He added, “I voted for them [BJP] but after three years, there really is not much to show.” Read more here.