The sex workers of Sonagachi, Kolkata’s largest red-light district, have decided not to provide soil for Durga idols this year, marking a protest against the ongoing violence and injustice faced by ...

The developments have had a ripple effect in Kolkata, especially in Sonagachi, where a section of Nepalese women still work in the sex trade despite their declining numbers over the years.

Kolkata recently got a taste of high-octane street dance with a splash of the unexpected this weekend as the Red Bull Dance Your Style Kolkata Regional Qualifiers set sail – on a boat, at the Bengal ...

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 ...

Bhai Dooj is a festival symbolizing the love of a brother-sister, which traditionally marks the bond between the siblings. Every year Bhai Dooj is celebrated in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red-light area by ...

Amid the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal, sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi area, one of the largest red light districts in Asia, held a preliminary meeting among themselves to know ...

The ripples of unrest raging across Nepal have travelled nearly 800 km south to Kolkata’s Sonagachi, Asia’s largest red-light district, where Nepali sex workers are unable to get in touch with their ...

A booth level officer (BLOs) gives enumeration forms to voters as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls begins in West Bengal. (Courtesy: PTI photo) Amid the ongoing SIR of electoral ...

As the Statewide Intensive Revision (SIR) process begins in Bengal, sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi fear losing their voting rights due to lack of proper documents.

KOLKATA: The ripples of unrest raging across Nepal have travelled nearly 800 km south to Kolkata's Sonagachi, Asia's largest red-light district, where Nepalese sex workers are unable to get in touch ...