Transcript:
- Today, I will discuss a topic
- which keeps popping up on media time and again
- and we make a lot of noise over it every time
- before it eventually fades out of our memories
- I am talking about violence against house maids,
- especially the minor ones
- Every now and then we come across images
- of minor child-maids who are subjected to physical assault
- We talk about such incidents for some time,
- knowing who these people are
- They are educated and well-to-do
- We make some noise for some days and then go silent
- My question is, what kind of a society
- allows abuse and exploitation of minors?
- Neither does the government care, nor the society
- As a psychologist, I would suggest that parents should
- keep an eye on aggressive kids, who love to subject
- other kids, animals or people to violence
- because such traits become part of their personality
- as they grow up
- Because as they grow up, they become powerful, educated
- and skilled, which might make them
- harass others to feel satisfied
- Secondly, the govt is requested to make an example
- out of people who subject others to violence
- and they must not be shown any mercy
- Also it is responsibility of all well-to-do people
- to take care of and provide for our maids
- as they are as much humans as we are
- Collecting garbage and cleaning your bathrooms
- does not mean they are any less of human beings
- and do not deserve your respect
- What we should do is not employ minors at any cost,
- and help the elderly working members of their families
- but we must not allow child labour
- However, if you have minor maids working at home,
- I request you to treat them with respect
- Because they are just as much human as your children