When Zohra Bibi, a part-time maid, went missing, her husband went to the complex to demonstrate together with his relatives and friends. And she won’t pay me extra.”Asked if she feels humiliated by the apartheid-style separate lifts for residents and workers, she shrugs. I need the job to feed my children.”In the days after the violence, workers were dubbed “illegal immigrants”; most are from West Bengal, the majority Muslims. Because I’m poor, do I have no rights?”Five days after the violence, about 60 maids were allowed to return to work. The McKinsey Global Institute estimates that India’s urban population will soar to 590 million in 2030, from 340 million in 2008.

Source: The Guardian July 21, 2017 03:56 UTC