NL Interviews: Tripti Lahiri on her gendered domestic labour in her book 'Maid in India'

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Channel: newslaundry · 2017 · News & Politics

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Quartz Asia bureau chief Tripti Lahiri speaks to Vivek Gopal about her book 'Maid in India’ that explores the murky, unregulated world of domestic work in India. She discusses the shift in prevailing attitudes regarding labour, its often gendered recognition and ways in which power dynamics are internalised.

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