Indian domestic workers lose their jobs to Covid fears

Cleaners no longer welcome in middle class homes, as wealthier Indians turn to machines for help

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The job paid a pittance, with two days off a month, and sometimes the mistress of the house would call out as part-time cleaner Noor Jahan was almost out of the door just massage my feet before you leave" - an extra service for which there was no pay.

Yet Jahan, 56, wants the job back, despite a monthly salary of only 3,000 rupees (30) and the fact that cleaning" served as a catch-all for cooking, ironing, watering the plants, and childcare.