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Upheaval in Nepal triggers anxiety in Asia's largest red-light district Sonagachi in Kolkata

KOLKATA: The ripples of unrest raging across Nepal have travelled nearly 800 km south to Kolkata's Sonagachi, Asia's largest red-light district, where Nepalese sex workers are unable to get in touch ...

Anxious over SIR, sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi hold meeting before moving EC

Of the 8,000-odd sex workers of Sonagachi, many have no connection with their parents for decades and are not in a position ...
India Today on MSN

As SIR begins in Bengal, sex workers in Kolkata fear losing voting rights

As the Statewide Intensive Revision (SIR) process begins in Bengal, sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi fear losing their ...
The Hindu

India’s biggest red-light area in Kolkata’s Sonagachi celebrates Durga Puja with a call for workers’ rights

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 ...