“Oh, Why? “asked Ananya in an agitated tone. Lalita, her house maid, was on the other side of the phone. She had just asked for a week’s leave. Ananya was baffled at this unseasonable demand. She was not prepared for this. Lalita had shown no intentions of taking leave in last few days. So, when Ananya reached home on Tuesday evening to find her house in the same condition as it was left in the morning, anger swelled up in her chest. She was home late; she was hungry and was dying to have food and hit the bed as