Second, a key road which used to host a tram route has in the meantime been made into a one-way thoroughfare by the traffic police. The object of listing all these hurdles is to be realistic. Making public a good intention (reviving tram routes) is one thing, actually being able to ...
The legal framework surrounding sex work in India remains contentious and complex. While sex work per se is not illegal, many activities associated with it—such as pimping, trafficking, and operating brothels—are criminalized under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. This legal ambiguity ...
The brothel-based interviewees talked about previous incidents of violence perpetrated by pimps, police, local criminals and intimate partners. However, clients never featured in the list of violence perpetrators. Rather, the interviewees insisted that they shared a transactional relationship with their...