If you have someone working as a domestic help in your house or locality talk to her and find out a little bit more about her life – Who are her family members? Where is her home? How many hours does she work? How much does she get paid? Write a small story based on these details.
Yes, A Domestic Help
Sugna is a domestic help. She works in our house.
She has two sons, one daughter and her husband in her family.
She lives on rent in Kota, Rajasthan.
She works for almost 8-9 hours daily.
She is paid ₹ 2000 per month.
Think of something common that we use. It could besugar, tea, milk, pen, paper, pencil, etc. Discuss through what chain of markets this reaches you. Can you think of the people that help in the production or trade?
Choose two of your favourite print advertisements. Now, look at each of these and answer the following questions:
a.What visuals and text are being used in these advertisements to attract my attention?
b.What values are being promoted in these advertisements?
c.Who is this advertisement speaking to and who is it leaving out? d.If you could not afford the brand that is being advertised, how would you feel?
Make a list of toys and games that boys typically play and another for girls. If there is a difference between the two lists, can you think of some reasons why this is so? Does this have any relationship to the roles children have to play as adults?
How did some MLAs become Ministers? Explain.
‘Buying and selling can take place without going to a marketplace.’ Explain this statement with the help of examples.
Why should decisions are taken by the Chief Minister and other ministers be debated in the Legislative Assembly?
What made Swapna sell the cotton to the trader instead of selling at the Kurnool cotton market?
What is the difference between the work that MLAs do in the Assembly and the work done by government departments?
You have read about the ways in which the media ‘sets the agenda’. What kind of effect does this have in a democracy? Provide two examples to support your point of view.
In what ways is a hawker different from a shop owner?
You have read about the ways in which the media ‘sets the agenda’. What kind of effect does this have in a democracy? Provide two examples to support your point of view.
‘Improvement in water and sanitation can control many diseases’. Explain with the help of examples.
How did some MLAs become Ministers? Explain.
What differences do you find between private and public health services in your area?
In what ways is a hawker different from a shop owner?
Explain how a chain of markets is formed. What purpose does it serve?
Are the statements given below true or false? Support your answer with the use of an example :
(a) All societies do not think similarly about the roles that boys and girls play.
(b) Our society does not make distinctions between boys and girls when they are growing up.
(c) Women who stay at home do not work.
(d) The work that women do is less valued than that of men.
Re-read the box on Article 15 and state two ways in which this Article addresses inequality?
Can you describe two methods of struggle that the women’s movement used to raise issues? If you had to organise a struggle against stereotypes, about what women can or cannot do, what method would you employ from the ones that you have read about? Why would you choose this particular method?
Housework is invisible and unpaid work. Housework is physically demanding.
Housework is time-consuming. Write in your own words what is meant by the terms ‘invisible’, ‘physically demanding’ and ‘time-consuming’? Give one example of
each based on the household tasks undertaken by women in your home.