This is a follow up of my previous writeup where I talked about how my mother discriminated against a new maid just because she is a Muslim.
So, after failing to search for a new maid we decided to continue with the same woman. Things were normal except my mother is always looking for a new maid as a replacement. She does whatever my mom demands, yet my mom wants to snatch away a meagre livelihood that she is earning here.
Today, there was another episode which suffocated me and I saw how my mother can really be so insensitive.
After completing one month, the maid came to ask for her salary which is measly Rs.1200. My mom told her that she will pay her tomorrow but she insisted on the money today which made my mom think that as soon as she gets money, she would leave tomorrow so she deferred it to tomorrow. The woman was repeatedly insisting and my mom was screaming at her. Then she started crying and ran away which again made me shout at my mother asking why the hell she wasn’t paying the money she has worked for. She has that right to ask for it, god knows she might need it badly. Maybe she wanted to buy something for her children.
As she has just joined this domestic work market and I guess this would be her first pay, maybe she wanted to see what self-earned money looks like. I even went inside to take out money from my wallet to pay her, but she ran away crying. I really think my mom needs a harsh reprimand every time for such daily petty crimes that she does.
The reason why I log in to YKA every time something like this happens is that I feel really suffocated by such events, first I thought of writing in my diary but then it would have no impact on anyone, at least writing here will give me some tranquillity and create an impact. Simultaneously, it is suffocating right now to live in my own home.