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Paid Housework

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Assembly elections are due in Tamil Nadu and Makkal Needhi Maiam, the political party led by superstar of South Kamal Haasan, has made an election promise to pay the women for their work at home. This has also been endorsed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. Well, for MNM, this might be a move to attract one of the largest voter bases, i.e. Women but is it actually feasible? (Source: www.sheroes.com) First of all, salaries are for workers who actually contribute to our GDP, where is the home-maker's role? Well, homemakers do not directly build a product or provide chargeable services to others. But, they do provide services to the earning members of the family for free, which results into having a good enough lifestyle at much cheaper rates. This means industries can keep them happy in lower salaries too and invest the saved capital in contributing more to GDP. So, there do exist indirect benefits for the economy. But, how does one measure and value the household work? For example, a w...

Thanda-thanda, cool-cool

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Well, the most loved season is here- Winters! Yay! People simply love to dress up in those cute sweaters, and munch on the exclusive winter delicacies. Umm, let's talk about the EXCLUSIVES!! Sun : Oh, the lifeline. My every winter day is passed feeling like Jadoo from ' Koi Mil Gaya '. And, on a bright sunny day, this world feels so happy and so beautiful. This is not it. Finally, our Vitamin-D deficient selves get some good dose in the season.                                          (Source: https://memechat.app/posts/1/1185892/1) Snow: Chalo yar, Kasol jana hai. Well, every Delhiite is in Himachal right now and every Mumbaikar is in Maldives. The perennial never successful Goa plan become the Shimla-Manali plan in winters. People like me certainly find it too daring to go to the even colder climate right now. But, well, if you don't have Siddharth Malhotra to your Shraddha K...