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Heera - The Maid The lockdown 1 of 3 weeks, first of its kind in country, was to finish in the next 48 hours. The lockdown had forced the support staff at our residence, barring one who stayed with us, to be on leave and be confined to their respective residences. This made me busy with household work for the whole day. The help who stayed with us had to be busy taking care of my senior in laws who are, though independent, yet in need of some support. While cooking food for 7 at home was time consuming the work that I disliked most was cleaning the utensils. My retired husband, who keeps searching for a part time job despite not having any financial needs, was only a moral support. I prayed for the Corona virus to vanish bringing the life back to normal & the one person I awaited most was Heera, my maid. Though I had always complaints with her regularity and quality of work, yet she was the one who was most awaited presently. Alas, no medicine or vaccine was in sight and aut...