^^Did you even read the entire story? It goes back a few months back. Here it goes:
- maid demanded that she be given a regular passport so she can legally apply for work outside
- she wasn't given her passport, so she threatened to exercise her rights and go to NYPD (what does that even mean? someone exercising their rights, especially a low class maid, huh..)
- feudal mindset of Indian elite notwithstanding, the maid's husband and her child living in India were arrested (on no charge)
- the maid was charged with blackmail, extortion and a whole host of other fake charges (in an Indian HC of course)
- the maid's lawyer helped her husband and child fly to US, and then filed a case against her employer
- NYPD acted how they would when arresting someone, with the same procedure they do for everyone else; note that she doesn't have diplomatic immunity, which allowed them to arrest her
- all hell breaks loose, as a daughter of an MP (dangerous combination), plus a heralded "champion" of women's rights and Dalits, gets arrested the same way any fraudster in America would (unheard of in India, where classism is rampant)
- drama ensues, and the main issue now becomes "protecting the dignity" of an Indian woman, and teaching the US a lesson
- now the Indian government is actually demanding that the maid be returned, so that she can be arrested, and justice be served (hey, we believe in Karma after all)
- At which point her employment was terminated.
- Maid got greedy and absconds.
- rediff is the only publication that i've found that says taken into custody. This does not mean arrested. it means the cops spoke to them. Fact that they're now in the US proves they were not arrested. I found it mighty curious that the diplomat was arrested only after the maid's family arrived in the US. I would see this as am employer-employee mindset. Feudal mindset is outrage over a mere servant getting a DCG abraod hauled in over a petty matter. Have Bolsheviks taken over NYC.
- yes, because thats exactly what she did. Breached her contract and breached her employers confidence.
- there was a distinct lack of tact in the way this affair was handled by the US. This was essentially a private matter in which the US should not have gotten involved in as public a manner as transpired.
- what did you expect when a GOI official gets treated in this manner
- we might not get the maid, she's a fugitive as far as India goes. But the diplomat and she is one now will return without serving any time
The NYPD did act brazenly, but that's about it. Everything else puts India in a bad light.
We did not have a choice. It's unfortunate that the PM has to comment on what amounts to a labour dispute.
Oh, btw, it's not the trait that we don't stand with each other that allowed Britishers to take advantage of us, but the fact that they were technologically more advanced than us, and India at that time was made up of many kingdoms. People have this view that India exists from a long time as a single entity. It never was. Britishers actually helped Indians to unite for a single cause, i.e. Independence. It is keeping us huddled together for now at least.
This is about Indians screwing Indians.
The Indian american who is trying to get famous in pushing this case. He pulled a similar stunt with the russians earlier. He needs to get fired.
The Indian maid who gets greedy after having earlier agreed to a very good salary to take the job.
The Indian diplomat who in paying her maid 5-6 times the going indian rate that too for a live-in is somehow seen as underpaying.
No domestic in NYC makes 55k annual. Why this figure was mentioned in the visa application for an A-3 is a mystery. 20k would be pushing it. Though technically lying on the application , i don't see it as big an issue as has been made. It's a formality.
Will the Indian govt. prosecute Ms. Khobragade for treating the maid the way she did? I don't think so. All their eyes are on protecting her, and not on taking the appropriate legal action.
Why would they ? what did she do wrong. She's a govt servant who gets posted around the world. She isn't going to give up her perks just because she happens to be in NYC.
See Neena Malhotra, we got her out, the US charged her with $1.5m fine. The maid got to stay on and never collected. And previously Piyush Dayal, that was settled privately. Both these instances were in NYC. We don't have prolems with other countries.
Can't help thinking this sort of nonsense would never have happened had the republicans been in charge. It's real simple. republicans = good for india. Democrats =lecturing.
she may be guilty or may not thats not the cause of the (very appropriate) outrage. it's the way she was arrested & then strip search & cavity search. there should've been some courtesy extended in that respect. the same thing could've been dealt with more finesse but instead US showed their arrogance & went overboard. there have been reports that this was done on the behest of the NY DA Preet Bharara who's tagetting people from India to score political brownie points & this certainly seems to be the case. 