The wealthy inhabitants of a luxury gated community in India’s capital were content to run an apartheid-style system for workers – until their employees turned. Now a riot by slum dwellers has resulted in sackings and boycottsIt looked for all the world like a class war breaking out on India’s streets: armed police protecting the wealthy,who were left cowering in their luxurious apartments as a crowd of slum dwellers threatened to storm through their gated complex.
The standoff between cooks, cleaners, or drivers and childminders of the wealthy,who final week stormed across the well-manicured lawns at Mahaguna Moderne in Noida, a Delhi suburb, or has turned from violent to political. Dozens of people whom residents believe took part in the inflamed rebellion enjoy been sacked,and in response trade unions are calling for a boycott of all domestic help. Related: Indian women wear cow masks to ask: are sacred cattle safer than us? By what good did they demolish our livelihoods? Just because they are wealthy? Because I’m destitute, do I enjoy no rights?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com