Kamal Hassan's party Makkal Needhi Maiam's pledge to pay housewives a monthly wage for their hard work if elected to power in Tamil Nadu has a sparked debate on the issue, with people sparring over how much the time spent doing unpaid household labour is worth and who should pay for this unpaid work. In this episode of We The People, we debate whether the time has come to recognise and pay women for their work as housewives or will this further the patriarchal notion that housework is a woman's job.