In my experience, having dated legit Indian women, housemaids are extremely common. Even low income families, had someone of even lower income working for them. Having food cooked for you by someone else is very much a norm for a lot of Indians.
>very much a norm for a lot of Indians
Not at all true.
It is :)
70-80% of the middle class homes have daily part time maids. At least they do dishes, wash clothes then move to the next home. Not all maids cook or allowed to cook.