KOLKATA, Oct 2 — Every year in India’s megacity Kolkata, the world’s oldest trade gets fleeting respect from an ancient custom — when soil outside brothels is considered...
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Those working in the eastern port city’s ever-busy red light district say the coveted earth is a bitter reflection of society’s discriminatory attitudes — desired when needed, downtrodden filth when not. Sex worker Salima, a lady in her thirties working in Kolkata’s Sonagachi red light district, is angered at the dirt-gathering tradition.Gathering the soil is part of the celebrations for Durga Puja, the biggest festival in the eastern state of West Bengal, with celebrations this year beginning in October.“What kind of a rule is this?”
“The men who enter the sex worker’s house leave all the good in them at her doorstep,” said Jayanta Kushary, 64, founder of the Sarva Bharatiya Prachya Vidya Academy, which teaches Indian culture.Kushary said the soil should be used to “wash” idols. “They don’t even recognise us,” said Pushpa, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, adding the men “look at us with disgust”.
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