Beneath the euphoria surrounding the preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is a palpable fear – not about whether work will finish in time, but about sex workers
Sex work takes on forms as diverse as sex itself, both in terms of services provided and service providers. While female service providers have globally been viewed as the mainstream
Nalini Jameela, author of The Autobiography of a Sex Worker (2007; extracts below) and the forthcoming The Company of Men: The romantic encounters of a sex worker is a former
Laws on sex work remain among the most ambiguous pieces of legislation in Southasia. Each country has specific laws on the issue, with those that share a colonial past retaining
Is sex work violence against women? This question has been posed countless times by friends within the women's movement. It is not necessarily asked from a moralistic viewpoint,
From the earliest days of 'second wave' feminism, the issues of choice and consent have been central to feminist thought throughout the world. Much of early feminist analysis
Compared with its size and status in years passed, one can notice many changes upon revisiting Kamathipura in Mumbai today. It remains the most famous red-light district in India, and
For those who witnessed the events of 18 June 2001 in Imphal, the images are unforgettable. That morning the entire city was aflame, accompanied by the smell of burning rubber
The 2005 Arunachal Pradesh Human Development Report narrates the story of one Jamir Ali to illustrate a remarkable economic phenomenon: a quiet agricultural revolution led by migrant sharecroppers. Ali had
Marriages, history shows us, are often tactical arrangements between rulers to expand empires, strengthen political alliances, establish peace between warring nations, avoid wars or create harmony in a conflict-ridden society.
