Sonagachi, India – The entrance to one of Asia’s largest red-light districts is filled with hordes of young men washing themselves at water taps on the roadside. They stare as 39-year-old ...

For the unversed, the soil from Sonagachi has traditionally been considered sacred for the creation of Durga idols. According to Hindu rituals, the creation of Durga Puja idols requires four ...

SONAGACHI in Kolkata wears indulgence without apology or remorse. Thin lanes stretch like veins in a 300-year-old district. It makes a single statement — freedom has to be seized for it’s the ...

Trinamool Congress launched a scathing attack on Union Minister and BJP leader Sukanta Majumder, accusing him of comparing ...

That‘s Sonagachi—a two-century-old red light area, said to be Asia’s largest, in the northern quarters of Calcutta. It’s a cul-de-sac for about 11,000 resident sex workers and another ...

Shedding light on this purported project, director Sudipto Chattopadhyay says, “It is the story of a sex worker in the red light area of Sonagachi. She is a happy sex worker comfortable in her ...

New tunes from Sonagachi Nidhi Dugar spends an evening with members of a band formed by the children of sex workers in Kolkata’s prostitution district. Published - June 15, ...