Elections brought our households to a stop: The domestic labour crisis urban India keeps ignoring

As workers return to cities again, perhaps it is time to think afresh about dignity and respect for people who provide essential services, and create fairer contracts that recognise human effort, writes Garima Agarwal in The Indian Express.

The Indian Express-25 May 2026

Garima Agarwal is a faculty member at Azim Premji University.