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Murder in Mahim Review: JioCinema Original Examines Homophobia Through the Lens of a Crime Drama
The show is set in Mumbai of 2013, when Article 377 was still in the picture and homosexuality was criminalised.
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Mumbai Court Says As Per Rule, Sex Work An Offence Only In Public: Report
A sessions court in Mumbai has set aside a magistrate's order and directed a shelter home to set at liberty a 34-year-old woman sex worker detained there.
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Gangubai Kathiawadi: Alia Bhatt's Film Gets A Release Date
The film is based on the life of Gangubai Kathiawadi, who was a sex worker but later emerged as an underworld don in Mumbai
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2 Alleged Sex Workers Die After Falling From Mumbai Building During Raid
Two women, allegedly sex workers, died after falling from the third floor of a building while trying to escape a police raid in Grant Road area of south Mumbai, an official said today.
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Once A Sex Slave, 19-Year-Old Finds Freedom In Her 1-Room Mumbai Flat
Mumbai: On a workday morning in her one-room apartment on Mumbai’s outskirts, Sonika packed her lunch box, got dressed in a black shirt and blue jeans, ate a sago snack for breakfast and took a hurried selfie before rushing to catch the 8.45 am bus to work. Her morning routine seems little different to that of other working girls. But Sonika, 19,...
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Massage Parlours Drive Demand For Thai Sex Slaves In Bengaluru, Mumbai
The booming spa and massage parlour business in India has led to increasing demand for women from Thailand, many of whom are being duped and trafficked into slavery in the country’s sex industry, police, diplomats and activists said today. At least 40 Thai women have been rescued this year during police raids on massage parlours acting as fronts ...
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Fewer Child Sex Workers In Mumbai Brothels, Underground Trade Still A Concern: Study
Mumbai: The number of children trafficked for sex in the red light districts of Mumbai has dropped sharply, activists said, as they raised concerns over the trade shifting underground to private lodges and residences. A study by the non-governmental International Justice Mission (IJM), Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Mumbai, mapped n...
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Mumbai Teacher Of Sex Workers' Daughters Shortlisted For USD 1 Million Prize
The founder of a non-profit in Mumbai that educates sex workers' daughters has been shortlisted for a USD 1 million global award for teaching that she hopes will help change attitudes toward these marginalised people.
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Calls To Protect Sex Workers As Mumbai's Red-Light Industry Goes Underground
Police crackdowns and higher rents are driving Mumbai's commercial sex industry out of traditional red-light areas and underground, with calls from social workers to boost efforts to ensure sex workers' lives are not put at risk.
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What Mumbai Sex Worker's Daughter Shared on Facebook
The Humans of Bombay Facebook page has shared yet another heartening story of a young woman who shows us what it's like to fight seemingly unbeatable odds, survive and ultimately win.
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'Get Out, We've Had Enough,' Residents of Mumbai's Kamathipura Tell Sex Workers
Residents of Mumbai's Kamathipura, considered Asia's largest red light district, have mounted a campaign to place a curb on the sex trade in the area. Sex workers however have expressed helplessness, even as activists claim the move would only open up the area to property developers.
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New York City - Next Stop For Play by Mumbai Sex Workers' Children 'Lal Batti Express'
A group of 13 girls from Mumbai's largest red-light area, Kamathipura, will undertake a five city tour to the US beginning May 12 to perform a play, titled Lal Batti.
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Sex Worker's Daughter to Study Drumming in US
Sheetal Jain was born to a sex worker in Kamathipura, but she did not let her address define her; the 19-year-old will now pursue her passion for drumming at a music school in Washington DC
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Mumbai: Sex Workers' Kids Face Discrimination, Have No Home
Eleven children, who are looked after by the NGO Kranti are battling discrimination and eviction from the housing society they live in. Kranti works on rehabilitating children of sex workers but they have to leave their home of three years by June 10.
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Aspiring TV actors arrested for prostitution
A 23-year-old sex worker and her agent were arrested from a five-star hotel in Shivajinagar in a raid conducted by the Social Security Cell (SSC) of the city police on Saturday evening. Both the accused are aspiring television actors in Mumbai and had met during an audition a few months ago. Yogita Madhukar Londhe, 23, and Gaurav Satyavirsingh Panv...
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Murder in Mahim Review: JioCinema Original Examines Homophobia Through the Lens of a Crime Drama
The show is set in Mumbai of 2013, when Article 377 was still in the picture and homosexuality was criminalised.
-
Mumbai Court Says As Per Rule, Sex Work An Offence Only In Public: Report
A sessions court in Mumbai has set aside a magistrate's order and directed a shelter home to set at liberty a 34-year-old woman sex worker detained there.
-
Gangubai Kathiawadi: Alia Bhatt's Film Gets A Release Date
The film is based on the life of Gangubai Kathiawadi, who was a sex worker but later emerged as an underworld don in Mumbai
-
2 Alleged Sex Workers Die After Falling From Mumbai Building During Raid
Two women, allegedly sex workers, died after falling from the third floor of a building while trying to escape a police raid in Grant Road area of south Mumbai, an official said today.
-
Once A Sex Slave, 19-Year-Old Finds Freedom In Her 1-Room Mumbai Flat
Mumbai: On a workday morning in her one-room apartment on Mumbai’s outskirts, Sonika packed her lunch box, got dressed in a black shirt and blue jeans, ate a sago snack for breakfast and took a hurried selfie before rushing to catch the 8.45 am bus to work. Her morning routine seems little different to that of other working girls. But Sonika, 19,...
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Massage Parlours Drive Demand For Thai Sex Slaves In Bengaluru, Mumbai
The booming spa and massage parlour business in India has led to increasing demand for women from Thailand, many of whom are being duped and trafficked into slavery in the country’s sex industry, police, diplomats and activists said today. At least 40 Thai women have been rescued this year during police raids on massage parlours acting as fronts ...
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Fewer Child Sex Workers In Mumbai Brothels, Underground Trade Still A Concern: Study
Mumbai: The number of children trafficked for sex in the red light districts of Mumbai has dropped sharply, activists said, as they raised concerns over the trade shifting underground to private lodges and residences. A study by the non-governmental International Justice Mission (IJM), Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Mumbai, mapped n...
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Mumbai Teacher Of Sex Workers' Daughters Shortlisted For USD 1 Million Prize
The founder of a non-profit in Mumbai that educates sex workers' daughters has been shortlisted for a USD 1 million global award for teaching that she hopes will help change attitudes toward these marginalised people.
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Calls To Protect Sex Workers As Mumbai's Red-Light Industry Goes Underground
Police crackdowns and higher rents are driving Mumbai's commercial sex industry out of traditional red-light areas and underground, with calls from social workers to boost efforts to ensure sex workers' lives are not put at risk.
-
What Mumbai Sex Worker's Daughter Shared on Facebook
The Humans of Bombay Facebook page has shared yet another heartening story of a young woman who shows us what it's like to fight seemingly unbeatable odds, survive and ultimately win.
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'Get Out, We've Had Enough,' Residents of Mumbai's Kamathipura Tell Sex Workers
Residents of Mumbai's Kamathipura, considered Asia's largest red light district, have mounted a campaign to place a curb on the sex trade in the area. Sex workers however have expressed helplessness, even as activists claim the move would only open up the area to property developers.
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New York City - Next Stop For Play by Mumbai Sex Workers' Children 'Lal Batti Express'
A group of 13 girls from Mumbai's largest red-light area, Kamathipura, will undertake a five city tour to the US beginning May 12 to perform a play, titled Lal Batti.
-
Sex Worker's Daughter to Study Drumming in US
Sheetal Jain was born to a sex worker in Kamathipura, but she did not let her address define her; the 19-year-old will now pursue her passion for drumming at a music school in Washington DC
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Mumbai: Sex Workers' Kids Face Discrimination, Have No Home
Eleven children, who are looked after by the NGO Kranti are battling discrimination and eviction from the housing society they live in. Kranti works on rehabilitating children of sex workers but they have to leave their home of three years by June 10.
-
Aspiring TV actors arrested for prostitution
A 23-year-old sex worker and her agent were arrested from a five-star hotel in Shivajinagar in a raid conducted by the Social Security Cell (SSC) of the city police on Saturday evening. Both the accused are aspiring television actors in Mumbai and had met during an audition a few months ago. Yogita Madhukar Londhe, 23, and Gaurav Satyavirsingh Panv...
