Sex workers
On the periphery
India’s sex workers were vulnerable even before the pandemic.
Avantika Mehta | Dec 09, 2020
The feminist and the sex worker
Despite decades of tension between feminists and sex workers, it is finally becoming clear that the former has much to learn from the latter.
Srilatha Batliwala | Aug 15, 2010
The embrace of Mumbai
The siren call of Bombay attracts the rich and poor throughout Southasia, including large numbers of women from Nepal and Bangladesh. While some are dragged under by the vicious subculture of manipulation and forced labour, …
Sonia Faleiro | Aug 01, 2006
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