Man Maid

Old bollywood movies always had a Ramu Kaka – armed to eradicate dust with his trademark shoulder towel. Ramu kaka would open doors for the new memsahib, have a tray of 'chaai paani' ready, wipe the villain's white shoes, would never be seen asking for a raise, drink once in the entire plot and cry, and in most cases, be hit by the bullet protecting his 'sahib'.

If movies are inspired from real life, those who were or are blessed with a Ramu kaka are lucky.

For the city living women of today, there is 'Bai'. Every morning the modern (working/non working) memsahib (now called 'mae-dum'), anxiously waits for the doorbell to ring, runs to open the door (at times like me, even breaks her leg in this act) for her Bai.

She has the regular conversation of time and 'mehangai' with her Bai while serving the morning tea. She follows Bai’s trail to point out dust, keeping her eyes on the watch, running around the wet floor while getting ready for office or preparing and packing Tiffins.

Doing 'jhaadu', 'poocha', 'bartan' is a back breaking task, for every women and only 'Bai' (and electrical appliances to some means) comes to rescue. The important part is that Bai is always a women. And for the mae-dum 'Bai' is the most important person.

To conclude Bai who is a 'Mausi' or 'Amma' offer to help

The interesting thing to note is that Bai is always a 'Mausi' or 'Amma'. And she reports to a Mae-dum or Didi never a Bahiya or Uncle (except for some bachelors) .

It is only women who help women :)

This blog is dedicated to all men who think they are most important in their women's life. Just for you to know, women are more important to women