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, INDIA—In recent years, public health officials, social workers, and politicians swarmed Kolkata’s red-light areas, advocating safe sex, offering medical services, and distributing condoms.

The developments have had a ripple effect in Kolkata, especially in Sonagachi, where a section of Nepalese women still work in the sex trade despite their declining numbers over the years.

Amid the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal, sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi area, one of the largest red light districts in Asia, held a preliminary meeting among themselves to know ...

Kolkata's Sonagachi sex workers seek electoral assistance amid SIR fears, advocating for recognition and rights protection.

There are a total of 12,000 sex workers at West Bengal's Sonagachi brothel Sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi area are urging the government to include their names in the voter list as the Special ...

Kolkata/New Delhi [India], Nov. 17 (ANI): The Centre's radical move to abolish large bank notes has severely affected the business of sex workers in Sonagachi- India's largest red light district, in ...

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

Renuka (name changed), a sex worker in her mid-20s, held her dupatta firmly over her mouth, her eyes quivering, as a drop of sweat ran down her forehead. Her room was the size of a bed, with clothes ...

“Only rights can stop the wrong,” reads a poster inside the community centre at the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC) office in Sonagachi, Kolkata, West Bengal’s capital. The poster dates back ...

Bhai Dooj is a festival symbolizing the love of a brother-sister, which traditionally marks the bond between the siblings. Every year Bhai Dooj is celebrated in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red-light area by ...

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 ...