Domestic work includes physical and emotional care work, childbirth, cleaning, cooking, etc. This work in turn leads to the reproduction of labor power. Women, in almost all societies, are responsible and obligated to do this work. According to the Marxist framework, domestic work which aims to produce labor power can also be considered as a source of surplus value. Thus, according to this conceptual framework, the family under capitalism is a site of social production. In contemporary India, these activities carried out in the domestic sphere as well as in the informal sector, due to their distance from the domain of exchange and the market, are not recognized and remain undervalued. Caste hierarchies also play an imperative role in the devaluation of labor. Domestic work is among the most abandoned and exploited work, carried out by the most marginalized women in society, although it is socially necessary. Domestic work is incorporated into the realm of obligation within domestic ideologies, playing a major role in assigning different roles to men and women....