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You cannot resist asking, "Yeh naukar aapne kahan se doondha hai?" Your friend’s wife would explain with pride, "Yeh Nepal se aaya hai. When he came he didn’t know a thing but I have trained him in cooking, dusting and washing". Beneath her smiles, your wife is busy thinking "Inka naukar hamare naukar se bhala tez kaise?" In kitty parties, it is more fashionable to talk about your domestic help than your husband. But suddenly you hear the news that a Nepalese servant has killed a housewife and decamped with jewellery and cash. He is untraceable as he might have crossed over to Nepal. After such incidents, the conversation in the drawing rooms goes like: "It is very difficult to find a faithful and sincere servant these days". But there are also some exceptions. A friend was heard boasting, "I have full faith in my servant. I lock my almirahs and hand over the keys to my servant". The servant interrupted angrily and said, "What’s the use of giving me the keys? You have never kept any cash or jewellery in the cupboard". Times are changing now. Apart from the safety factor it will soon become more difficult and costlier to afford a domestic help. I asked Mrs Sharma, "Ushaji, you were looking for a servant. Have you been successful in the hunt?" She said, "Now I don’t need a servant. I have trained Sharmaji in cooking and dusting". |
You
visit a friend’s house. You may not be impressed by their new
curtains, old antique paintings or architectural splendour but you will
certainly be impressed and secretly jealous of their servant if he is
moving about quickly, serving tea and making tasty veggie pakoras.