Torturing Maid Servant is common in many Manipuri homes in Delhi
31 October 2013
Though the ethnic mongoloid people look fresh, cheerful, simple and friendly in the eyes of the mainland people in Delhi or somewhere else, our natural humanity suddenly changes the moment we get lucrative income or promotion in our service. The arrest of Air Hostess Bira Thoibi by Delhi Police for torturing her Manipuri maid servant may be the first incident in the eyes of the law, but it is a common practice among the so called well off Manipuri (Hill / Meitei) family in Delhi.
The Grievance Cell of the All India Tribal Students’ Assn, (AITSA) Delhi, received several cases of torturing domestic helper by many couple from Manipur working or doing business in Delhi. But these shameful cases often got resolves in a customary process without reporting to the police or news papers, in the interest of maintaining the dignity of the ethnic mongoloid people in the mainland.
Unlike the Hindu society of caste system, where some section of the community is meant to serving the upper caste section of the society, we the mongoloid people, from North East (Manipur) neither have such system of keeping slaves / servants nor do we know how to work like a Hindu slave. We may be very poor, but always maintain the spirit of egalitarian culture as we have no conservative Hindu caste system from our forefather tradition.
We call ourselves Officers/ wealthy / influential in Delhi or in other mainland cities, and despise those fellow community member working as peon/ security guards/sales girls etc, but did not want to keep a local domestic maid servants who normally charges above Rs 3000 monthly salary.
To save money or to show our egos, most of us took advantage of the ignorance of the daughters/granddaughters of our own relatives/ villagers who want to see or earn some income in Delhi, and used them sleeplessly, tirelessly and humiliatingly, but shamefully did not pays them a single penny for years or till some relative / student activist in Delhi rescues them or on the complaint of relatives from home.
As cases of torturing a Manipuri (Hill/Valley) maid servant by a Manipuri couple in Delhi and the mainland is common, AITSA appeal to the civil societies of Manipur and the Medias, to spread awareness about the seriousness of the punishment for ill treating domestic maid servant. We also request parents to be careful and always to keep in touch with their daughters working as maid servant (who are usually called relative helper) in the mainland.
If necessary, AITSA Grievance Cell can be contacted at northeastp(at)yahoo(dot)com
Release in Public interest.
K. Zou
Social Activist
* This post was shared by All India Tribal Students' Assn, (AITSA) Delhi who can be contacted at northeastp(at)yahoo(dot)com
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