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Maharashtra polls: Mumbai's sex workers rue being cast aside by political parties

MUMBAI: Much has been said about the Mahayuti’s bid to win over approximately 4.6 crore women voters in the state by replicating Madhya Pradesh’s Ladli Behna scheme in the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana. While many women from economically impoverished sections have reportedly benefited from this enterprise, what has gone unremarked is that 30,000 female sex workers in the state, …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Watch: How Shalin Bhanot Celebrated Women's Day And Shivratri

News 18

Actor Shalin Bhanot, widely recognised for his notable roles in popular television serials like Inspector Avinash, Pyare Mohan, and Do Hanson Ka Jodaa, marked the dual celebrations of International Women’s Day and Mahashivratri in a meaningful manner on Friday, March 8, 2024. In the caption, Bhanot wrote, “Found the right balance of give and take this Shivratri & Women’s Day, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Out of the corners and at the centre

The Hindu

“Art is about broadcasting yourself to the world,” says Bengaluru-based artist Girija Hariharan, who firmly believes that it can drive social change. It is at the core of what Mumbai-based collective Haan Hum,which she is part of, seeks to do: enable sex workers, who are often marginalised and exploited, to experience the creative freedom that art and theatre can offer, …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Kamathipura in Mumbai's faces herculean task of a makeover

Hindustan Times

Kamathipura in Mumbai's faces herculean task of a makeover Kamathipura, Mumbai’s red-light district, immortalised in Namdeo Dhasal’s revolutionary poem Golpitha and stylised in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film Gangubai Kathiawadi, will soon be gentrified under one of the largest cluster redevelopment schemes in the country. 4 / 10 View Photos in a new improved layout According to a Tata Institute of …

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2 years, 5 months ago

India post releases 10 postcards featuring paintings of 10 children from Kamathipura

The Hindu

A postcard featuring a woman’s face with a moustache, painted by the 14-year-old daughter of a commercial sex worker from Kamathipura, Mumbai, has a message. The set of postcards, which costs ₹180, and contains each artist’s vision in a QR code, was recently released by Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Governor of Maharashtra, at Raj Bhavan in the presence of the children, …

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2 years, 9 months ago

India Post organises wellness session for Kamathipura’s sex workers

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: Two months after it started an all-women post office at Mumbai’s Kamathipura for sex workers, India Post held a wellness session focussed on healthy meals and the importance of sharing personal problems for them. I decided to start this programme to make them feel equally comfortable in reaching out to the government as they do with the NGOs.” Pandey …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Gangubai Kathiawadi review: A girlboss in Kamathipura

Live Mint

In his historical epic Bajirao Mastani, Sanjay Leela Bhansali evoked moving pictures in the ingenious scene where, through an arrangement of mirrors and a silk screen, the Peshwa's wife watches him in another part of the palace. In his latest film, set in mid-20th century Mumbai, there’s no need for allusion, and you can sense the glee with which Bhansali …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Alia Bhatt on ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi,’ and why her life lessons are through her characters and films

The Hindu

Cinema pundits often say that you have to experience life to depict it. “All my exposure to life has been through my characters and films,” says Alia Bhatt as we settle for a chat before Gangubai Kathiawadi, another challenging role of hers which will be put to test this week. “I didn’t care about duniya main kya cha raha hai …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Gangubai Kathiawadi trailer: Alia shines as feisty queen of Kamathipura. Watch

Hindustan Times

Alia Bhatt is back, this time as a once vulnerable girl forced into sex trade, who eventually rises above her circumstances and shines as the matriarch of Kamathipura in the 1960s, with the name of Gangubai Kathiawadi. Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn in stills from Gangubai Kathiawadi trailer. The trailer introduces Alia as a dominating figure, who has turned shame …

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3 years, 2 months ago

26 Years of DDLJ: Sarika and Swanand Kirkire's Short Film Pays Tribute to Shah Rukh Khan Classic

News 18

On the occasion of the 26th anniversary of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’s release, a new short film pays tribute to the film, which had been running for a record 25 years at Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir Cinema, and explores its social impact on the sex workers of Kamathipura. The 13-minute short film, titled ‘Maratha Mandir Cinema’, is releasing on the Gorilla …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Shalin Bhanot offers aid to Kamathipura sex workers, was shocked to learn they 'solicit themselves for ₹50'

Hindustan Times

Actor Shalin Bhanot on Tuesday offered aid to the sex workers of Mumbai's Kamathipura. Shalin Bhanot has shared a social media post about the plight of sex workers in Mumbai. In an Instagram post shared on Tuesday, Shalin Bhanot spoke to a crowd of women, who thanked him for his gesture. Shalin has featured in shows such as Saat Phere: …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Effects Of Covid-19 Lockdown On Sex Workers In India: An Empirical Study

Live Law

"If nobody wants to sell sex, it is a crime to force anyone to do so. According to PITA "pimping, organizing brothels, and forceful sex work of teenage girls amounts to prostitution" whereas, these red-light areas operate as independent houses of sex workers who are willingly engaged in this profession. Recent Cases of Police Brutality on Sex-Workers: The Legal Conundrum …

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4 years, 5 months ago

No income, no food, no government relief: Sex workers of Kamathipura pushed to the brink

Firstpost

Sex workers in Kamathipura are desperate to get back to work despite the risks due to COVID-19, purely to end the vicious cycle of hunger and violence “Ab to dus rupaye wala customer bhi chalega, kam se kam chai aur pav to khane ko milenge is lockdown mein,” says Beauty Biswas*, a sex worker at Kamathipura, Mumbai’s red light district. …

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Maharashtra polls: Mumbai's sex workers rue being cast aside by political parties

Watch: How Shalin Bhanot Celebrated Women's Day And Shivratri

Out of the corners and at the centre

Kamathipura in Mumbai's faces herculean task of a makeover

India post releases 10 postcards featuring paintings of 10 children from Kamathipura

India Post organises wellness session for Kamathipura’s sex workers

Gangubai Kathiawadi review: A girlboss in Kamathipura

Alia Bhatt on ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi,’ and why her life lessons are through her characters and films

Gangubai Kathiawadi trailer: Alia shines as feisty queen of Kamathipura. Watch

26 Years of DDLJ: Sarika and Swanand Kirkire's Short Film Pays Tribute to Shah Rukh Khan Classic

Shalin Bhanot offers aid to Kamathipura sex workers, was shocked to learn they 'solicit themselves for ₹50'

Effects Of Covid-19 Lockdown On Sex Workers In India: An Empirical Study

No income, no food, no government relief: Sex workers of Kamathipura pushed to the brink