compare the character of Anita satpute in the artist sole provider lonely warrior with that of saroj chawla in the short story A mother decision
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Introduction
What are feature articles?
Almost every article that you read in a magazine is a feature article. Feature articles and editorials are the most common genres in journalism. The most distinctive characteristic of feature articles is that, unlike front page news, they can be published anytime and anywhere. Anything ranging from the growth in the number of multiplexes to female foeticide in Punjab can constitute the subject matter of a feature article. Some common characteristics of feature articles are that;
° they are almost always written in simple, easy-to-understand prose, ° they are well-researched, containing factual information that can be verified, ° the tone remains neutral, without any discernable bias, ° the writer relies on anecdotes or direct quotes to tell a story, and ° feature articles have an overriding human interest.
‘The Other Half’
This feature article is the third in a series on the lives of domestic workers; focusing on their struggle, their hopes and despair. Published by Tehelka the series is aptly titled The Other Half; referring to the other half of a supposedly ‘shining India’; those poor, homeless migrants who pour into our metropolises and work silently, unacknowledged and unrecognized, supporting the lifestyles of the rich and privileged. While the mass media is busy touting India’s imminent position as a superpower in the global arena, you just need to take a few steps outside your home to realize how much of a myth it is. Talk to any of the numerous helpers in and around your house—the maid, dhobi, chowkidaar or the car-cleaner-and you will learn how liberalization or globalization has not benefited them in any way. In a growingly consumerist culture we are dazzled by the retail revolution and lose sight of the fact that our comfortable life styles are possible because a number of poor, uneducated and severely underprivileged people are working very hard, never complaining or demanding what is rightfully theirs.
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There are an estimated 20 million domestic workers in India but it is a sad fact that domestic work is still not recognized as labour. Domestic workers don’t have any prescribed minimum wages, cannot organize as unions or demand any of the benefits like a weekly day off or medical, maternity or annual leave. Some organizations, like the National Domestic Workers’ Movement that began in Mumbai in 1985, are striving for the empowerment of domestic workers by obtaining legal rights for them. With the help of the Human Rights Law Network, they have filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Supreme Court, resulting in a Supreme Court order to include domestic work in the Unorganized Sector Workers’ Bill. Though it has been stalled on a couple of earlier occasions, once it is passed there is hope that this underclass can hope for a better and dignified life.
The series ‘The Other Half’ aims to highlight the lives of this poor silent half. ‘Sole Provider, Lonely Warrior’ is the story of one such domestic worker, Anita Satpute. Through her account the writer attempts to draw our attention to many larger issues—the position of women, exploitation of domestic workers and their living conditions in Mumbai.
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