WOMEN’S DAY SPECIAL – LIFE OF MALTI IN MUMBAI.

Muskan Chawla, 251

Mumbai, March 8, 2019.
Women’s day is celebrated on 8th March
globally to empower, motivate and celebrate the
achievement of women. This day appreciates the
inspiring role of female in our society.
This year for Women’ Day we visited a
construction site and interviewed Malti. Malti is
a 30 year old women from Huliar, Karnataka,
who picks heavy loads for her daily living. Malti
comes out as a shy women, she told us about the
struggles she faced in her life

Malti comes from a poor family background. interest. If not a worker she wanted to be a
She studied till class 4 and was removed from teacher. She liked studying history in school.
school due to financial problems but it wasn’t Malti is an ordinary women performing her tasks
the same for his brother. He was sent to school as a wife, mother and daughter but what makes
despite the atrocity. her extraordinary is the hard work that she does
She stepped in Mumbai at the age of 19 and gives justice to every role she plays. She has
alongwith her husband. Her husband introduced her problems but is satisfied with what life has
her to this work and since then they both work offer. She works in the heat of the sun picking
on the same construction site and do the same stones on her head. She wants her children to
work. She earns around ₹200 per day while her grow and have a bright future, she wants her
husband gets around ₹500 even though the husband to do well, she looks for the betterment
amount of work is same. If they don’t go to of her family. She encourages girls to get
work one day they don’t get paid. Malti starts educated. She encourages every women to play
her day at 5a.m., cooks food, packs lunch for her her part and contribute to the society.
family, and goes for work after that with her
husband. She works for 8- 10 hours a day, goes
back home and cooks dinner for family.
She has three children, two boys and a girl. Her
kids were playing around the site. When asked
about their education she said, “ Paisa nahi hai,
school ki fees kaise denge ”(We don’t have
money to pay fees). When we informed her
about government schools she replied, “ Time
kiske paas hai, school door hai”( Who has the
time to leave them to school). She doesn’t want
them to have the same life that she has. She said
if she gets some more money she would
definitely send them to school and keep no
difference between her daughter and sons.
We asked her how she manages her work and
house with low income, she said that it was
sufficient for the family. She would plan her
expenditure. She had responsibilities of her
husband’s parents. Her daily tasks included,
filling water, washing clothes, washing utensils,
cleaning the house and picking loads.
'Mujhe padhai karna pasand tha'( I liked
studying), said Malti when asked about her