India, May 1 -- An investor's post about his domestic staff working instead of taking off on Labour Day has backfired. He posted that his working staff showed up while he and his "laptop class friends" got to take leave to celebrate the day. May 1 is International Labour Day, which is celebrated to recognise the efforts and struggles of the working class.

"It's May 1st. Labour Day in India. The house help came. The cook showed up. The apartment security gaurd & housekeeping staff is on duty. Only me and my laptop class friends taking a break to 'celebrate labour'. Irony is now a public holiday," Dilip Kumar, whose X bio says he is "investing in founders at Zerodha and Rainmatter by Zerodha," wrote.

Rainmatter is an initiative by Zerodha...