Thursday 9 August, 2007

Wednesday 1 August, 2007

Bai? Gayi!!

You are running late for work again! You were supposed to leave 20 minutes ago. Everything is in order. Breakfast, getting ready, all office papers...everything. But you are still late. Why? Because she's not come yet! Who? The Bai!
She is the only piece of your lifestyle you share a consistent love-hate relation. She is perhaps the most important relation too! Because everything you do in you rlife actually revolves around "her" timings. You wake up, bathe, cook, use the bathroom, go to work...everything is as per her convenience. In fact your diet is also controlled by her. If she is not showing up tomorrow, you eat out!! She is the one wearing the pants in your house...really! The average Indian has to learn to do without her soon. Why is she going to work for you when her son is already a "graduate" and working in a "foreign" company? So what if he is just a cleaner staff or clerk. The fact is that he is earning enough to support his family and hers. He is not going to go around telling his friends that his mother works as a bai. Oh no! So this affects im multiple ways:
1) Her fees go up.
2) She asks for a raise, sooner
3) She is not going to take any kind of behavior from you
4) She will have strict timings!
And all this will be implemented bottom-up. This will give rise to new found markets for products mostly used abroad. Carpets, Vacuum Cleaners, Dish Washers, Packaged Foods, Take-away ONLY restaurants, throw-away cutlery...the list can go on! The scenario of the average middle class will change and so will the lower classes. When a mobile phone is no longer the priviledge of the top, nothing will soon! Brace the new world...the time has come to change.