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Sonagachi sex workers in acute crisis amid lockdown; Shashi Panja distribu
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Amid nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus, the sex workers in Sonagachi, a red-light area in North Kolkata, are facing a huge financial crisis with many of them not being able to feed their families.
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Kolkata's sex workers celebrate Raksha Bandhan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 7 (ANI) :On the eve of Raksha Bandhan ,sex workers of Sonagachi , Kolkata ,tied Rakhi around the waist of passerby, in the hope of receiving equal respect in society.
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Sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi feel pinch of demonetisation too
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
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 West Bengal capital Kolkata.
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