Sonal Sharma’s ‘Of Rasoi ka Kaam/Bathroom ka Kaam’ talks about the domestic work roles of the women in our society. It throws light on the relationship between the employers and the domestic workers with the help of interviews and surveys that are done in the city of Delhi. Through these methods, the author has tried to explain the issue of untouchability that all workers have faced at least once in their lives. The author has described in great detail how most of these workers are asked which caste they belong to and are also questioned about their class before they are selected for recruitment. Also, in a lot of cases, they are treated in an absolutely unjust and biased manner by their subordinates on the pretext of them being unhygienic and insanitary. There is a certain presence of segregation, in the sense that people belonging to the same social strata communicate more and engage into conversations, leaving the people from a lower social standing behind and isolated. Even though they have to interact with each other on some levels due to their profession, but usually this interaction is kept at minimal and is done only when required. There are a lot of examples of class and caste divisions that the author has briefly acknowledged in her piece but to put all of them together and conclude, what can be said is that there is some kind of social hierarchy that is very present in our society among workers at all levels where the stronger group asserts power on the weaker one.
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