Unless you’ve been completely off the grid (or living under the proverbial rock), you have heard about Manushi Chillar – the 20-year-old medical student from Haryana having won the Miss World title. The last time an Indian woman brought home the crown, was 17 years ago, when Priyanka Chopra won the title. It has been a long drought since then, and even though many of us now question the very relevance of beauty pageants themselves, Indians everywhere are cheering.
People are cheering her win, as well as her answer to the question – who do you think deserves the highest salary. While some may dismiss this as a clichéd response, this is, in fact, important to draw attention to the fact that all that a mother does for her family and home is unpaid labour and is also largely unacknowledged.
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