Maids of honour!

My maid is on leave. What? The title seems confusing? Are you saying I'm translating the phrase in a wrong manner? Absolutely not. The maids of honour are necessary to a bride for a wedding, ain't maids equally important for us ladies in our homes?
You call her a house help, you call her didi, tai, maushi, bhabhi etc, etc. doesn't that mean you have some kind of relationship with her? The way you call your other relations by names, kaka, kaki or bhaiyya, maasi and so on and so forth.
Why are we trying to initiate a relationship with a woman, working at our place? Why don't we call our subordinates at work, with same names? Why don't we call our bosses, uncles or aunties?
Well, this house help is no doubt working for us for money, but she's making our life extremely easy. We don't have to do the tedious job of sweeping the entire house and wiping it clean. We don't have to wash our clothes or utensils daily. We don't have to carry on the laborious and mundane tasks, by just paying some amount to a third person, if can afford to. And mind you this third person becomes an integral part of your life. You trust her with the house keys too. You make an extra cup of tea for her along with yours. You both chat in the kitchen while sipping this tea sharing minor and major happenings in your life. She tells you how her husband came drunk the other night and tried to create a scene but she bravely stood in between him and the kids and made him realise his mistakes. And you are startled by her courage. When you had a fight with your husband last week you couldn't do the same. Yes, your husband is educated, he is not hitting you or the kids, yet, you are amazed at the daring this uneducated lady has when it comes to protecting her rights. (And we advocate feminism..... woke right? Okay, let's not get there!)

Now that my maid is on leave, I miss her and how. My back has started hurting, won't tell you about my knees, nevertheless. "You've studied endless nights during your college days. You have travelled, changing buses and other modes of transport daily, to get to the college. You've worked hard to get where you are today. Then how are you getting exhausted by doing extra work that is for your house and your people?" my soliloquy, echoes through my head, fires me up.

Well, yes I'm missing my maid as I've to do all the work myself and I'm not habituated, but moreover, I guess I miss the talks we have, the everyday banters, stories we share, gossips we love to do. That's why I would call her a Maid of honour! Hope she rejoins soon.....
"Mein to kab se khadi iss paar ke ankhiyan, thak gayi panth nihaar....." 

@Jui Purohit.