Sonal Sharma in her article ‘Rasoi ka Kaam/Bathroom ka kaam’ reexamines the concepts of purity and pollution within the purview of the domestic workplace and how these concepts affect the woek relations of females in correlations to concepts such as class and caste. Sharma points out the fact that the very creation of the concept of ‘dirt’ in opposition to that of hygeine is a creation of caste division. The term ‘ganda’ in itself means something that is not supposed to be in the place and is meant to be removed. Lower caste people who are engaged in the cleaning of toilets are usually not let to enter the kitchen even for purposes such as drinking water. Thus the word ‘ganda’ is used to refer to impure things. Further Sharma points to the fact how workers are also divided on the basis of their religion, which can be seen in the examples of Jummi and Henna, as they are not allowed to enter the kitchen. Here is how the author brings home the fact how work is divided in Rasoi ka kaam and bathroom ka kaam. The concept of equality comes into question as we reflect upon the logical analysis by Sharma in terms of caste and economic gains.
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