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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Winding by-lanes and the narrow streets of Kolkata’s Sonagachi, one of the largest red-light districts in Asia, came alive amid music and merry-making on Friday as sex workers rejoiced over the recent ...

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 ...

Sneha Wagh, who is one of the talented actors of the television industry, has taken up another challenging role. She features in Neerja: Ek Nayi Pehchaan as a se* worker and recently talked about ...

As demonetisation of high value notes hit small businessmen across Kolkata, sex workers of Sonagachi here, South Asia’s largest redlight area, are seeing brisk business as they are aceepting these ...

The 12 per cent GST on sanitary napkins imposed under the new tax regime has put sex workers of Sonagachi, Asia's largest red light area, in a spot, threatening to put the clock back when they were ...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 25 (ANI): As the entire state is gearing up to brace for 2021 Assembly elections very soon, the sex workers residing in dingy lanes of Sonagachi -- Asia's ...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 18 (ANI): Followed by a gap of two years during which the COVID-19 pandemic marred festive celebrations, the Durbar Mahila Coordination Committee, the largest ...

KOLKATA: This one visit made all the difference to Sonagachi's morale. Ben Bradshaw, the British Foreign Office Minister, was all praise for the clinic set up as part of the STD/HIV intervention ...

Although the zero per cent tax on condoms has come as some relief to the sex workers, the hike in the prices of sanitary napkins following imposition of GST has again put them under grave health risk.