I
Have
Stopped
Taking
Contracts
From
Bollywood
Abhishek
Sable,
director
at
Happy
Maids
Service
told
HT,
"I
have
stopped
taking
contracts
from
Bollywood.
In
the
beginning,
around
three
years
ago,
I
provided
house
help
to
five-six
celebrities.''
They
Would
Throw
The
Plate
At
Their
Face
''In
my
experience,
only
a
few
celebs
are
good.
The
others
never
gave
[the
maids]
decent
food.
And
if
they
didn't
like
the
food
that
the
cook
had
made,
they
would
throw
the
plate
at
their
face.
Gaali
toh
unke
mooh
pe
rehti
thi.''
They
Would
Wake
The
Cook
Up
With
A
Kick
"They
would
come
home
late
at
night
and
wake
the
cook
up
with
a
kick
and
tell
them
to
cook
[right
then].
We
tried
going
to
the
police,
but
to
no
avail.''
One
Actor
Falsely
Accused
The
Maid
Of
Theft
''One
actor
falsely
accused
a
maid
of
theft.
When
I
took
her
to
the
police,
she
contacted
some
minister
and
the
case
was
dismissed.''
Woh
Maid
Ko
Time
Par
Khana
Nai
Dete
The
Another
service
provider,
on
condition
of
anonymity,
says,
"An
incident
took
place
at
an
actor's
house.
She
is
divorced
with
two
children
and
comes
from
a
family
of
actors.
Woh
maid
ko
time
pe
khaana
nahi
dete
the.''
They
Fed
Her
Leftover
Food
''Whatever
was
left
over
from
their
parties,
they'd
feed
her
that.
We
can't
leave
the
maids
in
such
conditions.
These
things
happen
with
stars.''
They
Also
Create
Problems
With
Salary
''Hum
zada
inn
logo
ka
kaam
nahi
lete
hain,
kyuki
inke
complaints
aate
rehte
hain.
They
also
create
problems
with
salary
-
they
feel
that
people
are
dying
to
work
at
their
houses,
so
they
can
decide
what
they
want
to
pay."
The
Maids
Have
Placed
Their
Trust
In
Us
Anupam
Singhal,
co-founder
of
Book
My
Bai
and
writer
of
the
blog
post
exposing
the
celebs,
says,
"We
provide
over
2,000
maids
in
a
month.
We've
provided
help
to
around
35
celebrities,
out
of
which
around
26
such
cases
have
come
to
me.
[The
maid]
has
placed
her
trust
in
us
and
my
responsibility
is
to
get
her
a
good
job
at
a
good
household."
My
Experience
With
Bollywood
Celebrities
Has
Been
Bad
''And
when
I
know
my
experience
with
Bollywood
celebrities
has
been
bad,
I
have
no
reason
to
get
her
a
job
there.
I
also
have
examples
where
the
celebrity
has
taken
very
good
care
of
the
maids.''
We
Are
Turning
Them
Down
''But
in
the
majority
of
the
cases,
some
sort
of
abuse
or
exploitation
has
happened.
We
have
a
few
pending
requests
from
celebrities
that
we're
turning
down
now.
It's
Inhuman;
Some
Are
Even
National
Award
Winners
"It's
inhuman
to
have
physical
abuse,
verbal
abuse,
economic
abuse.
Maids
are
not
paid
salaries
for
months
together.
That's
the
reason
I
came
out
and
wrote
the
blog,
because
many
of
them
are
role
models,
some
even
National
Award
winners."
If
I
Take
A
Name;
The
Celebrity
Will
Slap
A
Defamation
Case
"If
I
take
a
name,
the
celebrity
slaps
a
defamation
case
against
[our]
company.
The
maid
should
stand
next
to
me
and
say
that
she'll
go
to
the
police
and
file
a
case.
Otherwise,
I
would
have
nothing
to
prove.''
There's
A
Social
Stigma
''Most
of
these
maids
refrain
from
going
to
the
police
because
they
say
they've
come
here
to
earn
money
and
not
get
into
legal
hassles.
There's
a
social
stigma
about
what
their
families
will
think."
Physical
Abuse
Of
The
Maid
Was
Almost
A
Daily
Affair
"Physical
abuse
of
the
maid
was
almost
a
daily
affair.
As
soon
as
we
got
to
know,
we
asked
the
maid
to
leave
as
soon
as
possible.
When
she
came
to
our
office,
we
could
see
physical
marks
on
her
body
of
physical
abuse.''