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 ...

In the labyrinth of Sonagachi, Asia’s largest red-light district in north Kolkata where shadows often speak louder than light, a new story is being written this Durga Puja—by the children of sex ...

Sex workers in Sonagachi rejoice over the recent Supreme Court verdict that recognised sex work as a profession TT archives My father is generally quite comfortable with me taking his car to work ...

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 ...

One of the largest red-light areas in Kolkata’s Sonagachi, with over 12,000 sex workers, celebrates the 13th edition of their Durga Pujas. Started in 2013, the women of the area erupted in joy as MLA ...

Anita Das, now 47, was lured from her home in West Bengal’s Nadia district in her 20s with the promise of a job. Like many other women, she came to the red light area of north Kolkata’s Sonagachi in ...

Many of the women, who have been living for years in the narrow lanes and congested 'kothis' of north Kolkata's ward number 18, said they were worried their names might be struck off the voters' list ...