Evening

She is old and fragile. Still she is bending and mopping my floor and I just watch her. It is bad. Some of you may even call me cruel. But I can't do much. She has agreed to do all the works in my house and I pay money for that. Only thing I could do and I did was to tell her that ask her daughter to come and do the work instead. She is not the only one. There are many maid servants near by who are past retirement age but still continue to work in many houses. Some are trying to help their children repay the loans, some are living separate from their children. Who will care for them and tell them "ಅಮ್ಮ ನಿಮಗೆ ವಯಸ್ಸಾಗಿದೆ. ನಾನ್ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡ್ತೀನಿ ಬಿಡಿ "

Another aged lady. Her economic condition is far better in comparison. In fact her family is rich in Indian standards. But she has to slave down from dawn to late in night. They can afford a domestic help, but getting a help is next to impossible in these villages. So she has to clean this enormous house and cook not only for the family but also for servants who work in the fields and run around the house like a teenager. And she has to take care of her mother in law. And the situation is not going to get any better. She can not wait for the daughter in law to came and take the burden off her. Her sib is already married, but is staying in the city with his family. 

Gone are the days where aged parents would be just playing with grand kids and supervising the kitchen and leading a care free life.

 Evenings are not always pretty.