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 Supreme Court verdict that recognised sex work as a profession.
Coloured powder was smeared on faces and sweets distributed, with sex workers terming the court order as “a step ahead towards a life of dignity”.
Mahasweta Mukherjee, advocacy officer of Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, an NGO looking after the welfare of sex workers, said that the organisation’s "27 years of struggle has finally borne fruit".
