The sex workers of Sonagachi, Kolkata’s largest red-light district, have decided not to provide soil for Durga idols this year, marking a protest against the ongoing violence and injustice faced by ...

Kolkata: Stigmatised but not afraid to hone and sport their talents, a music band led by children of Sonagachi sex workers is here to reach out to the masses this Durga Puja, courtesy their maiden ...

Prostitutes in one of Asia's largest red-light districts have been taking a vocational course to identify the fake currency that they regularly receive from their clients. The once-a-week training ...

Sonagachi, India – The entrance to one of Asia’s largest red-light districts is filled with hordes of young men washing themselves at water taps on the roadside. They stare as 39-year-old Geetha Das, ...

Kolkata, Sep 25 (IANS) For the first time in five years, sex workers of Sonagachi, considered Asia’s largest red-light area, will be able to scale up their Durga Puja to a major celebration that they ...

Sex workers of Sonagachi in the city, considered Asia's largest red light area, will launch an awareness campaign against drug use among customers. Sex workers of Sonagachi in the city, considered ...

In the warren of alleys, the sun struggles to break through the canopy of decrepit houses standing so close that there’s no room for a rat to escape a pursuing cat. That‘s Sonagachi—a two-century-old ...

During the day, this is just another street in Kolkata. Men soap their bodies in a public bath. A juice vendor slices through a watermelon. A chaiwallah pours tea into clay kulhars. Women in ...