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Indian sex3/16/2024 ![]() ![]() Union of India (1978), the Supreme Court gave a new dimension to Article 21. The stories of Gangubai and Nasim Akhtar are not imaginary they chronicle the painful lives of sex workers who deserve empathy and not revulsion.Īrticle 21 of the Constitution has been interpreted as the right to live with dignity by the Supreme Court. But the next day, her husband sells her off to Hira Mandi, Lahore’s infamous red-light district. ![]() When they reach Pakistan, she wants to lead a pious life and gets married. Nasim Akhtar, a victim of Partition, wants to migrate to Pakistan. Saadat Hasan Manto penned the tragic story of a young prostitute in “The Girl from Delhi”. In most cases, women are forced into sex work. They revered her as mother, calling her Ganguma. Hussain Zaidi gives a vivid picture of the matriarch of Kamathipura who protected sex workers. Eventually, Gangubai becomes the madam of the brothel and emerges as a formidable mafia queen. The film begins with her suitor selling her into prostitution. The movie is based on the life of a mafia queen who ruled her area, Kamathipura in Mumbai, with an iron fist in the 1960s. Gangubai Kathiawadi, an upcoming biopic, brings the sorry plight of sex workers out into the limelight. ![]()
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