Sonagachi Celebrations

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After five long years, Sonagachi’s {Asia’s biggest red-light area} sex workers have setup their own 8′ x 20′ marquee and idol outside the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Samiti {DMSS} clinic, with a budget of about 4 lakh. Earlier, there was a restriction that they could only celebrate in a small community hall, which the high court finally overruled. Sex workers in Bishnupur, Basirhat, Coach Behar and Kidderpore will also be organising smaller festivities this year. And Ashtami blog will be distributed in all these pockets.

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A queen at multi-tasking, LBB writer Amanda Sodhi is a singer-songwriter, filmmaker, theatre professional, VO artist, social media consultant, journalist and writer who has lived in Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Mumbai. She now calls Kolkata her home, where she can be found drowning in a cup of hot chocolate at the newest cafes, among the company of a few good books. She's also always planning out new backpacking adventures to satisfy her perennial wanderlust.