India, April 29 -- An Australian woman who has spent several months living in India says many households here rely on domestic workers for cooking and cleaning as Indians don't have work-life balance. Bree Steele, a podcast producer, took to Instagram to share her observations on life in India, saying she has observed her friends in India get work calls at 9.30 in the night.

The lack of work-life balance, coupled with cheap labour, makes it easy to understand why so many Indians rely on outside help for cooking and cleaning, said Steele.

Steele, who has been living in India since 2023, contrasted India's dependence on domestic workers with life in the west, where she says most people manage cooking and household chores alongside full-ti...